A Writer’s Road: Hermits

photo courtesy of ancient-origins.net Earlier this week, the New York Times ran a story here about modern day hermits. It seems they live among us everywhere. The hermit lifestyle is no longer only limited to monks and ascetics living in caves, growing foot-long...

A Writer’s Road: A Howl Book Launch

There is a network of spoken word readings called Howl which brings writers, audiences and spaces together to create one-off ‘pop up’ word events. Howl Cambodia has presented a series of these happenings over the years both in Siem Reap and Phnom Penh,...

A Writer’s Road: Art Needs Community

In my last blog post, I wrote about my decision not to write for the theater just now. Given the present incredible financial strain on theaters and playwrights, I do believe that resources need to be channeled towards those voices who might otherwise go unheard, and...

A Writer’s Road: Voting and Poetry

image courtesy of npr.org I voted this past week. It has never felt quite so monumental. But voting has always felt like an important event to me, whether I’ve done it inside an automated booth in a big US city, or a small council hall in the UK. Whether...