Some people have witnessed the killing of their husbands, or they survived other horrific things. My sister is a widow but her husband was killed after the Khmer Rouge. There are different periods in which violence has occurred, and differences in how these women became widowed and how they survived afterwards.

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.

I've been coming to Cambodia off and on, six months of the year usually.

All throughout my work, even in the United States, I have worked with the greater Cambodian community.

When you're reading from a different language that's different from your own, it's not the same as being fluent.

I'm doing a collaborative project with another artist, Mary Hamill. My project is to gather the oral history of war widows, starting with the women of my village, Kop Nymit.

Sometimes it may be something I hear in the news that affects me.