When I hear Khmer poets, when they recite their poems, I know what they're talking about, I get it right away.

In This Body Mystery, even though it was written in the voice of people with HIV/AIDS, it's about how people come to accept their fate and their sickness. It's about accepting the way your life is.

For me, the more I understand the story of others, the greater I am able to learn and help other people.

The family I grew up in had three generations of widows.

This is my first collaboration [with Mary Hamill] so I'm going to learn how it's going to work.

In Cambodian culture the male figure in the family is important; when you lose your husband you lose your economic ability to survive.

I read a lot when I was in school in the United States, and even though writing in English is very difficult for me, I wrote in journals.