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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, July 01, 2026

Percy Bysshe Shelley--a short life--full of death, depression, debt--

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

But he inspired Gandhi.

Amazing.

And with her pathbreaking Frankenstein, his 2nd wife Mary Shelley single-handedly pioneering the whole new genre of science fiction.

Kyi May Kaung

7-1-2026

KyiMayKaung

Wednesday, July 01, 2026

Percy Bysshe Shelley--a short life--full of death, depression, debt--

In my 3rd year of college at Rangoon University, I didn't take English Literature but went to

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