Some of the pre-war covers in an earlier post were mis-attributed to Hul Sophon, who set me straight in an interview not too long ago.
http://jinja.apsara.org/2007/11/pulp-cambodia-novel-covers-hul-sophon/
He notes that both he and Uth Roeun had friendly competition with a locally based cover artist of Chinese background, called Ung Yuksuy. Little is known about this artist, but his covers have graced many a title.
Please Don’t Mistreat Me!
by Hak Chey Hong
(Very reminiscent of Stateside 60′s pulp covers.)
Great, My Mother Finds a Husband For Me (សប្បាយចិត្តណាស់ម៉ែឲ្យមានប្តី)
Writer: Prach Seng (ប្រាជ្ញ សេង), 1970s
Separated Love at Mondulkiri
by Prach Seng
(Ethnic minorities in Cambodia fall prey to stereotypes pretty often.)
Failure of Lady Hunter
by Kov Sarom
(From the ominous looks of this cover, I’m glad the ‘Lady Hunter’ failed.)
Preah Bat Po Ngie Yat
by Kuy Lout
(Historical dramas are a pretty safe bet in a culture often divided by politics.)
Malicious Spirit (ព្រលឹងចងពៀរ)
Writer: Kuy Loth (គុយ ឡូត), 1964
Mother’s Blood (ឈាមម្តាយ)
Writer: Srey Loch (ស្រី ឡុច), 1965
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It’s a very small world. It seems that where ever I go, Marin seems to turn up sooner or later.
I first met him during a brief stint grant-writing at United Cambodian Community in Long Beach. Years later, after I moved to Cambodia, we both ended up working in Siem Reap. For several years he was based in Phnom Penh, doing his best to reconnect to a country he left as a child, under very difficult circumstances.
All during this time, he was writing.
Marin would sometimes talk of his attempts to recapture his fleeting memory, having grown up as an orphan. Memory of wartime is a tricky territory to explore, but he started chronicling what he could remember, which grew and grew. Over time what was a brief manuscript blossomed into a book. Returning to the USA to continue his higher education, he doubled down on his writing — and the tale began to take its final shape.
Marin has many more stories to tell, and I’m excited to see him release his very first book.
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Book Launch: April 12, La Lune, Long Beach.
When: Friday, April 12, 2013
Time: 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Where: La Lune Restaurants
2801 E. Spring St.
Long Beach, CA. 90806
*$25 including drinks, 2 appetizers, and 3 courses meal buffet style.
* Raffle tickets.
RSVP Marin
Email:marinlastone@yahoo.com
http://www.facebook.com/events/152519131577892/
Monies raised will benefit:
Friends Without A Border http://www.fwab.org / http://www.facebook.com/fwabny
Build Your Future Today Center http://www.center-bft.org / http://www.facebook.com/BFTCenter.Cambodia
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Postscript: More links:
The writing of the book: http://evenhigherlearning.wordpress.com/2013/03/22/meeting-and-working-with-marin-yann-on-his-memoir-the-last-one/
Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Last-One/416513748434473
GoodReads Reviews: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17658537-the-last-one
Press: http://www.kcet.org/updaily/socal_focus/commentary/transpacific-routes/from-refugee-to-role-model-a-cambodia-town-story.html
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What: Mekong Information Communication Technology Camp
When: 6-10 May, 2013
60 slots are allotted to applicants from Mekong region countries.
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This last weekend I presented on E-Books in a ‘lightning session’ at BarCamp Angkor.
I would enjoy talking more about e-book publishing, especially since it’s a new sector sorting itself out.
I’ve been developing Khmer language e-books with Our Books Cambodia, and taken an initial foray into e-publishing with a collection of my own comics.
There are lots of areas to explore, and some obstacles I’d advise to avoid. Hoping I can talk in more detail about publishing platforms, ‘Digital Rights Management‘, cross-platform promotion, Khmer language e-books, and much much more at future tech and publishing events!
Linkage: https://delicious.com/slugdog/ebookangkortalk
Above: doing a ‘shout out‘ to BarCamp Hong Kong, happening the very same day!
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Cambodia has slowed down a bit since last year.
http://jinja.apsara.org/2012/02/cambodia-wins-the-battle-for-valentines-day/
This year has been less over-the-top, due to directives from the top and police patrols.
Valentine’s Day will never be banned, just turned into another opportunity to collect bribes/overtime by officials.
“At least one commune officer will come to stand in my guesthouse and sit close to reception to carefully check the identity cards of my customers,” he said.
“They will wear civilian clothing and disguise themselves as staff.”
from Phnom Penh Post:”Police to cool Valentine’s day teenage lust“
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