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, September 13, 2024
Timothy Snyder's Bloodlands--a NewYork Times bestsller--Hitler, Stalin, Ukraine, Russia, Poland, Jews--
https://www.amazon.com/Bloodlands-Europe-Between-Hitler-Stalin/dp/0465031471?asin=0465031471&revisionId=&format=4&depth=1
I've been to Auschwitz and Majdanek in Poland.
This is a must read--also Robert Conquest,The Great Terror.
I think Mel Gibson was excellent as Hamlet--Glen Close less so as the queen his mother.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamlet All these critics saying this and that. I don't much care. In the end Shakespeare is Shakespear...
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https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=Famous+Chinese+tenors#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:12005ab7,vid:_d4ap5I_tmk,st:0
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https://reedsy.com/discovery/blog/best-post-apocalyptic-books