Description
Published by Banana Tree Press [Published date: 2003]. Soft cover, 97 pp. Disorient issue 11.
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In very good condition. Cream and green illustrated paper covers have light bumping to edges and corners and light overall rubbing. Binding tight. A few light corner creases, but pages are otherwise clean and unmarked. Includes several photos of the poets. NOT Ex-library. NO remainder marks. [Excerpts from Introduction] Her Turn to Talk is a collection of poetry, prose and oral histories written by Khmer young women in writing workshops conducted by Khmer Girls in Action (KGA) over the course of the last six years...I am proud to introduce in this book the works of the most recent group of Khmer young women who participated in KGAs writing workshop series and did exactly what I did six years ago: discovered themselves and shared their lives.... The publication of Her Turn to Talk also marks the beginning of Banana Tree Press, which is dedicated to publishing and producing works by and about Southeast Asian women and girls. The stories in this collection reflect our rich and multi-Iayered history and challenge the stereotype of a Khmer community defined only by war and tragedy. We hope you laugh, cry and celebrate with the young women of Her Turn to Talk. You may wonder who are all the women talking and sharing their stories. She is the girl who loves her garden, she is the mother who has survived the Killing Fields, she is the daughter honoring the memory of a loved one, she is the friend fighting for what she believes in, she is the young woman discovering herself. She's been spoken for, mislabled and misunderstood for far too long, so listen up because it is Her Turn to Talk.