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Oct.15.2010 - 5:58 am
SULU DC Oct 16th 2010 poetry readings --
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SULU DC poetry reading, including poets Jen Kwok, Kyi May Kaung at the Dome, Artisphere, in Rosslyn, VA (former Newseum building) walking distance from Rosslyn Metro, Orange or...
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Jan.01.2010 - 10:28 am
Joyce Carol Oates on creating characters
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgJ809QKmas
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Sep.22.2009 - 7:41 am
Reprise -- images from my 08 art shows in Bali and Chiangmai --
http://kyimaykaung.blogspot.com/2008/03/kyi-may-kaungs-art-shows-in-bali...
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Sep.06.2009 - 8:52 am
Dominick Dunne -- dead at 83
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominick_Dunne
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Writing

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Article: Re-posting -- 2007 article about my life and work from Asian Fortune -- by Ying Ju-Lai
Article: Out of Burma by Kyi May Kaung -- a survey of contemporary writing set in Burma -- from Foreign Policy in Focus.
Article: Burma and Ban Ki-moon: Is this the End Game by Kyi May Kaung.

Audio & Video

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Video: VOA TV feature -- interview -- my art show "Identity: Mostly Burmese Monks."
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Video: VOA TV feature -- interview -- my art show "Identity: Mostly Burmese Monks."
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Comments from Kyi

Aug.20.2009 - 5:22 pm
In response to: Baby lovebirds on the way
You should post love bird
You should post love bird baby pics. :) Kyi May
Aug.20.2009 - 5:12 pm
In response to: Frank McCourt, author of Angela's Ashes, died July 19.
I did not see the movie, but
I did not see the movie, but especially the first book was phenomenal. Of course, he was able to write it only after...
May.10.2009 - 8:22 am
In response to: My Son Has Not Spoken
This is very good. I don't
This is very good. I don't think you should be tentative about sending out poetry. You can always fictionalize some of...
May.10.2009 - 8:06 am
In response to: The Pearl Jacket and Other Stories: Flas Fiction from Contemporary China by Shouhua Qi (ed.)
Flash fiction --
Like Palm of the Hand stories by Kawabata. The Parrot story above is brilliant. Kyi May Kaung
May.10.2009 - 7:59 am
In response to: Just Post It
Just Post It!
It's so funny because it's so true. I also use a lot of "post it" notes and notes to myself on recycled paper. Maybe...
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About Kyi

Born and brought up in Rangoon, Burma and England, Kyi May Kaung has been writing since she was a teenager. She is also a professional artist, painting abstracts and figures and has lived in the United States for over twenty years. She is the winner of the...
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Kyi’s Favorite Books

Wole Soyinka's play "Death and the King's Horseman." Robert Bolt "A Man for All Seasons."