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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, October 12, 2012

My favorite Chinese novelist Mo Yan wins the Nobel Prize in Literature -

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/mo-yan-a-nobel-winner-china-can-get-behind/2012/10/11/b9aec2ba-13a0-11e2-bf18-a8a596df4bee_blog.html Granta interview - includes all Q and A in Mandarin and English. Worth listening to if you enjoyed stories such as Red Sorghum. *

Michelle Obama in Oslo when Presdt Obama won Nobel Peace Prize in 2009 frame grab

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Friday, October 12, 2012

My favorite Chinese novelist Mo Yan wins the Nobel Prize in Literature -

10 things I hate about you--transcript--based on Taming of the Shrew--

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