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Burma, America, The World, Art, Literature, Political Economy through the eyes of a Permanent Exile. "We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the oppressed. Sometimes we must interfere. . . There is so much injustice and suffering crying out for our attention . . . writers and poets, prisoners in so many lands governed by the left and by the right." Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize Speech, 1986, Oslo. This entire site copyright Kyi May Kaung unless indicated otherwise.

Friday, January 24, 2025

Special post--Bo Setkya's Snake Charmer, pdf 1951

We saw this act. A few years later we heard she died too.

The couple were said to live at the back of Bo Setkya's house.

What a way to make a living. To my child's eyes, the act was nothing spectacular, even stupid. Sordid.

https://afsa.org/sites/default/files/fsj-1951-08-august_0.pdf

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Friday, January 24, 2025

Special post--Bo Setkya's Snake Charmer, pdf 1951

Wow--I just infinished reading Colleen Hoover's Verity and thought, "It would make a greatmovie"--they've already hired a cast.

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