Poems of Mya Kabyar, Tin Nwan Lwin & Khaing Mar Kyaw Zaw and literary figures evident inArchipelago

and literary figures evident inArchipelago

poetic monologues…

was published by Salt Publishing in 2007 and won the Anne Elder award

'There's a langorous resourcefulness to these poems - as if their parts could just fall apart

these poems are sensually abstract and obstinately figurative

Poems of Mya Kabyar, Tin Nwan Lwin & Khaing Mar Kyaw Zaw and literary figures evident inArchipelagoTranslated from the Burmese and introduced by Violet Cho & David Gilbert This is the first anthology that presents contemporary poems translated from Burmese writers on the cultural margins. The introduction situates the poems of Mya Kabyar, Tin Nwan Lwin and Khaing Mar Kyaw Zaw within a historical and cultural context and explores their significance in Burmese poetry. The three poets provide alternative voices to the dominant culture of Burmese