Articles by Kyi May Kaung

Vultures Over Burma

Vultures Over Burma

June 7, 2013 | A poem: To all the men and women who sing change change change Mee-ahn mar--we never heard of you before.

Moe Ma Kha Plant

Moe Ma Kha Plant

February 14, 2012 | The dissident, like the plant, does not kowtow to the sky.

War on Roaches

War on Roaches

October 12, 2011 | A poem about genocide read in front of the Burmese embassy on the Poetry Walk of Shame.

Review: ‘What’s That? A Human Hell’

May 3, 2010 | U Win Tin spent 19 years in Rangoon's notorious Insein prison. The chief strategist of the National League for Democracy managed to keep organizing even behind bars.

War and Peace: An Epic Mural

December 5, 2008 | The Vietnamese-born artist Huong has created an immense mural that depicts the horror of war and the imperative of peace.

Out of Burma

Out of Burma

July 11, 2007 | Novels about Burma are all the rage. Kyi May Kaung discusses the Burmese novels that you haven’t read yet.