by AuthorSue | Jun 13, 2017 | Cambodia, Creativity, novels, publishing, Writing
This has been a long time coming. Writing my fourth novel has taught me that no experience is completely repeatable, and although I have long understood that every novelist has her/his own process, my own process is a fluid one, too. Ever since my last novel, Out of...
by AuthorSue | Apr 2, 2017 | poetry, politics, teaching, Writing
The recent death of Yevgeny Yevtushenko has moved me to write down some thoughts I have been having lately about the intersection of poetry and politics, or actually, any creative writing in general and the present political situation the writer finds her/himself in....
by AuthorSue | Mar 8, 2017 | Cambodia, Creativity, Gender Equity, poetry, teaching, Writing
What better way to celebrate International Women’s Day than to go out into a countryside school and write poetry with a bunch of kids? One of Writing Through’s partners, ODA, is an educational shelter for extremely disadvantaged kids in the Angkor district...
by AuthorSue | Jan 25, 2017 | Cambodia, Writing
It’s a new year and a new segment of our new life — the Cambodian segment. Although I have been coming here to work for years now, this time it’s different. I have a newly retired husband with me not only to carry my bags (as he so quaintly puts it)...
by AuthorSue | Oct 31, 2016 | Cambodia, philanthropy, poetry, teaching, Writing
This past week, I traveled up to a small town called Samrong in Oder Meanchey Province, near the Thai border. To be honest, I was a bit nervous. I’ve been to remote places before to teach, and I really didn’t know what I would find. This has been a very...
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