One of the many pleasures of the abolition of pre-publication censorship is the re-emergence of forgotten or erased works that can now be safely published. The 12 poems from the eponymous title have been scoured from among many of Aung Cheimts works, dating back to 1995 …
I met N Hpan Ja Ra towards the ends of 2014, in the front room of her house in Myitkyina, Kachin State. I had been invited by a publisher friend who only introduced her as the Jade Lady of Kachin …
The Other Side of the Wall is one of those curious books that you discover in the rounds of the bookshops in Yangon. I found it only once, in Innwa Books on Pansodan I think, and have never seen it for sale since …
Maw Ma Thae (b. 1988) is an ethnic Kayah, born in Demawsoe Township, Kayah State. She is an active member of the once outlawed Kayah Nationalities Literacy and Culture Committee, assisting in ongoing community projects promoting Kayah literature and mother-tongue based education …
Mali Hku Shini (1988) is an ethnic Kachin born in Sumdu Ga (Nbu Baw) village, Ma Chang Baw Township in Kachin State. He learnt Ka-hprek, a traditional Kachin martial arts form whilst a teenager and trains the next generation from his gym in the Manau Cultural ground in Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin state …