MĀNOA
Cover of On Freedom: Spirit, Art, and State (winter 2012 issue of MĀNOA). Photograph by Linda Connor (image is cropped).
Out of the Shadows of Angkor is the 2021–2022 volume in the MĀNOA series of international writing.
Launched in 1989, MĀNOA brings the literature of Asia, the Pacific, and the Americas to English-speaking readers. The journal has published over sixty volumes, 10,000 pages, and 1,400 writers, translators, reviewers, and editors.
Twice a year, MĀNOA presents outstanding contemporary writing—often in new translations—from throughout the region. Past volumes have featured new work from such places as the People’s Republic of China, Tibet, Nepal, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Okinawa, Viet Nam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Australia, French Polynesia, the Pacific Islands, India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, as well as Canada, Mexico, Pacific South America, Russian Far East, and Cascadia.
Works in MĀNOA have been cited for excellence by the editors of such anthologies as Best American Short Stories, Best American Poetry, Best American Essays, Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards, and Pushcart Prize. MĀNOA has also received national awards for its design and editorial excellence.