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Watch "Verses in Exile: Why I Write," a short film created by a Khmer-exiled American, Kosal Khiev, who tells pieces of his life story through the art of spoken word poetry.

'My story here is not really my story. I see so many guys like me, I see so many people who were once like me': Kosal Khiev, a Cambodian-American spoken word artist, is the subject of an upcoming documentary made by Studio Revolt founder Masahiro Sugano (Phnom Penh Post article)

Phnom Penh Post interview

crowd-sourcing appeal to finance documentary being made about Kosal Khiev

Poet Kosal Khiev has performed at the London 2012 Olympics, but first discovered poetry in solitary confinement in a US prison. He shares his story with the BBC's Helier Cheung.

KOSAL KHIEV IS A POET, TATTOO ARTIST, AND SURVIVOR OF THE US PRISON SYSTEM