KyiMayKaung

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.

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

KyiMayKaung

Sunday, April 20, 2008

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

Panis Angelicus--in Latin and English--unfortunately you can't sing it in English. Fortunately--you can only sing it in Latin..

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