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.

Sunday, July 05, 2026

When Nathan Thompson, now CEO of the Atlantic, spoke kind words of me--

At that time I did not connect the "Thompson" in his name with Scott Thompson who helped us at Free Burma Coalition a great deal.

I'm not that good at outreach or making connections.

I guess I live in a misty world like those wild geese--

https://southeastasiaglobe.com/poetry-myanmar-southeast-asia-globe/