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.

Thursday, March 07, 2024

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burmese_literature

What the heck--so I'm not a "Burmese writer"bc I write mainly in English.

What about Tibetan writers who write in Mandarin??

Indians who write in English?

We'll show you.

The image I have attached is famous artist Cindy Sherman's self portrait as a woven tapestry.

Harry Belafonte--Purism is an excuse for mediocrity. We might as well go back to the stone age, From his NYT obit.

Top 35 Harry Belafonte Quotes (2024 Update) - QuoteFancy

Kyi May Kaung.

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Thursday, March 07, 2024

Place names I came across in reading DGE Hall--Mainly a history of the rivalry between the French, the British and the Dutch in S and SE Asia from the 16th century onwards.

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