Sunday, April 20, 2008

Norton anthology of poetry of Middle East, Asia and Beyond -- Language for a New Century --

Statue of Alexander Pushkin, who was proud of his mixed African and Russian ancestry, at George Washington University in Washington, DC. Photo copyright Kyi May Kaung.

http://www.amazon.com/Language-New-Century-Contemporary-Poetry/dp/0393332381

Includes two poems from Burma:

Eskimo Paradise by Kyi May Kaung

and

Desert Years, by the late Tin Moe, translated by Kyi May Kaung

Book launch -- free and open to the public -

Rubin Museum, New York, Friday 25th April, 7-10 PM

3 Burmese poems, introduced and translated by Kyi May Kaung--

http://poeticinvention.blogspot.com/2007/03/3-burmese-poems-introduced-and.html