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.

Friday, February 01, 2013

Irrawaddy Literary Festival - Rangoon -

http://www.youtube.com/user/voaclips http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/International-literary-festival-opens-in-Myanmar-4241519.php#photo-4119946 Huh?? If you write in English you're not a Burmese writer?? We've lived overseas because we were unable to go back, sometimes due to our writing.