Writing in ... Cambodia

       In The Phnom Penh Post Harriet Fitch Little profiles the Nou Hach Literary Journal, in Literary journal rewards talent in a still small field.
       Disappointingly:

"Writing is kind of considered to be somewhat secondary to art at this point, maybe largely because things have become so visual with new media," she said, adding that the visual arts were also far easier to sponsor:

"It's sexier." Yamada said that when offers of funding did come in, they were often tied in ways that were unacceptable.

       Interesting:

"Cambodia has been heavily influenced by Sanskrit," she said. "And unlike Thai, they haven't separated their words. When we started out, a whole page would have no paragraph breaks, no stops, no phrases."

Today, Yamada said, that's changing -- work is presented in a more legible form, and language is less repetitious.

       Ah, well .....
       But, yes, one hopes that they get over this 'development literature'-phase soon .....