My comment left on Irrawaddy site:
The 80 writers and poets have a point. I myself tried both years to get invited, only to receive brushoffs. The bottom line is the Burmese junta does not like prose writers and poets. This is just the latest sign of the general tightening trend, as witness the restricting of visas for foreign correspondents. Most likely there won't be a lit fest next year, 2015, assigned "election year" So what's new, pray tell?
KMKaung www.kmkaung.com
The 80 writers and poets have a point. I myself tried both years to get invited, only to receive brushoffs. The bottom line is the Burmese junta does not like prose writers and poets. This is just the latest sign of the general tightening trend, as witness the restricting of visas for foreign correspondents. Most likely there won't be a lit fest next year, 2015, assigned "election year" So what's new, pray tell?
KMKaung www.kmkaung.com
Denied Pagoda Venue, Literary Festival Kicks Off at Mandalay Hotel
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