Translation: Román Antopolsky Photo: © Than Htay Román Antopolsky nació en Buenos Aires. Ha publicado tres libros de poesía: Ádelon (Tsé-Tsé, Argentina), Cythna en Red (Intemperie, Chile), y Amor Islam (Lumme, Brasil). Reconocido por sus traducciones […]
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This month we have dedicated our coverage to Burma and it’s repressive and secretive regime. Because publishing is so tightly controlled there and the government regulates communication, it is difficult to have access to stories of daily life in Burma, a perspective offered here by City of Asylum writer-in-residence Khet Mar. Khet Mar fled Burma in 2006 after her relief work with Cyclone Nargis survivors attracted the attention of the junta.
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In January of 2010, Pittsburgh experienced a record snowfall. City of Aslyum/Pittsburgh writer Khet Mar remembers how the snow inspired memories of her childhood.
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This is the final part of “45-hour Trip” by Khet Mar. In Part I she writes about her departure from Yangon and in Part II she relates her journey from Yangon to Taipei.
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This is a continuation of “Forty-Five Hour Trip” by Khet Mar. In Part I she writes about her departure from Yangon.
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In March 2009, the writer Khet Mar left Burma to come to Pittsburgh for her residency with City of Asylum/Pittsburgh. In this three-part blog she relates her arduous journey from Yangon to her new home on Sampsonia Way.
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I was sitting on the sofa one Sunday morning when the phone rang. I didn’t want to get up. I just wanted to do nothing. I finally grabbed the phone, and it was Ko Kyaw Shwe, […]
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