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.

Wednesday, January 28, 2026

You can read about almost all the Khans--in fictional form in Conn Iggulden's Genghis series--highly recommended--

You can read about Queen Saw in She was a Queen by MauriceCollis.

You can read about the reign of King Thibaw--the last king fBurma in The Lacquer Lady by F Tennyson Jesse--

You can read about all the Burmese-siamese wars in Prince Damrong's Our Wars with the Burmese.

KyiMayKaung

Wednesday, January 28, 2026

You can read about almost all the Khans--in fictional form in Conn Iggulden's Genghis series--highly recommended--

Kai Bird and Susan Goldmark talk about writing their new book--a bio of Roy Cohn--

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