San Diego Union-Tribune

Late Mass. monk’s poems recall Khmer Rouge horrors

LOWELL, Mass.LOWELL, Mass. — During Buddhist monk Ly Van Aggadipo’s final days, he wrote often in a notebook. Temple followers knew the nonagenarian spiritual mentor to many local Cambodian refugees ...
The Phnom Penh Post

Prize-winning poet seeks meaning between the lines

Suy Vansak, who this month picked up two prizes at the sixth annual Nou Hach Literature Association writing competition, spent five days writing each of his award-winning poems. As a young child, Suy ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Late monk’s poems revisit Khmer Rouge in new book

LOWELL, Mass.LOWELL, Mass. — A new book of poetry from a late Cambodian Buddhist monk in Lowell is set to be published. The book, scheduled for release Thursday at Middlesex Community College in ...
SFGate

Monk's poems recall Khmer Rouge horrors

During Buddhist monk Ly Van Aggadipo's final days, he wrote often in a notebook. Temple followers knew the nonagenarian spiritual mentor to many local Cambodian refugees was recording some sort of ...