Reprise -- images from my 08 art shows in Bali and Chiangmai --

Kaungk — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 07:41:08 -0700

http://kyimaykaung.blogspot.com/2008/03/kyi-may-kaungs-art-shows-in-bali...

Dominick Dunne -- dead at 83

Kaungk — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 08:52:30 -0700

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominick_Dunne

I have hung my art to my satisfaction for "Identity: Mostly Burmese Monks" in Silver Spring, MD

Kaungk — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:30:55 -0700

http://kyimaykaung.blogspot.com/

How to write noir fiction -- from Back Alley magazine --

Kaungk — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 06:43:12 -0700

http://www.backalleywebzine.com/ by Richard Helms

Kyi May Kaung's translation of Tin Moe's Desert Years in Fire in the Soul, an anthology of one hundred human rights poems

Kaungk — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:32:37 -0700

http://kyimaykaung.blogspot.com/ Fire in the Soul is edited by Dinyar Godrej and published by Amnesty International and The New Internationalist. Two of the poems are from Burma.

Chinese-born poet Bei Dao

Kaungk — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:49:33 -0700

http://china.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php...

Howard Goldblatt -- translator (from Mandarin) par excellence

Kaungk — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:30:02 -0700

http://fulltilt.ncu.edu.tw/Content.asp?I_No=16&Period=2

Roberto Saviano: Author of Gomorrah the book exposing the Naples mafia by Peter Popham, the Independent.

Kaungk — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 14:57:43 -0700

http://www.robertosaviano.com/documenti/9672

Roberto Saviano: Author of Gomorrah the book exposing the Naples mafia by Peter Popham, the Indpependent.

Kaungk — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 14:57:07 -0700

http://www.robertosaviano.com/documenti/9672

PBS Wide Angle "Eyes of the Storm: Orphans Fend for Themselves After Cyclone Nargis"

Kaungk — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:14:13 -0700

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/eyes-of-the-storm/full-episod...

Frank McCourt, author of Angela's Ashes, died July 19.

Kaungk — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:03:45 -0700

http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1911633,00.htmlAn amazing book, especially the first one.The voice never lags, and goes on briskly in its honest and vivid manner.I think Angela's Ashes and Tis were originally one long autobiographical novel, and then were cut masterfully in half.The first one ends with "Tis."and the second one starts with "Tis." Think who can do ...

New paintings "Identity: Mostly Burmese Monks" at Space 7-10 in Silver Spring, MD in September --

Kaungk — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:58:23 -0700

http://space710atkefa.blogspot.com/Look forward to seeing you at some of the related events -- a Burma update and a performance piece called "Words as Weapons of War" and the opening reception. For detailed info see Kefa Cafe, Space 7-10 blogsite above.

My Obsessions.

Kaungk — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:17:52 -0700

I am always worried I will run out of paper or pencils and pens, money or brain matter before I die.As an immigrant, I have only my memories to stand on, and so I am worried about my writing.As a political dissident, I can't go home to Burma anytime soon, as long as the present junta stays in power.I am very happy to be an American, but freedom is also hard. The current recession is hard. ...

Review of Norton's Language for a New Century -- in which my poem Eskimo Paradise appeared

Kaungk — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 10:24:25 -0700

http://www.amazon.com/Language-New-Century-Contemporary-Poetry/product-r... Anthology --Language for a New Century-I translated the poem Desert Years by Tin Moe from the Burmese.However, my own Eskimo Paradise was originally written in English, which is my primary language.The reviewer, though otherwise favorable, should not assume that everyone writes in "their ...

My article Burma and Ban Ki-moon: The End Game published in UPI Asia on line

Kaungk — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 05:36:08 -0700

http://www.upiasia.com/Politics/2009/07/08/burma_and_ban_ki-moon_the_end...