To many people outside Myanmar (Burma), it might come as a surprise that there is such a thing as Language-oriented Poetry in contemporary Myanmar poetry scene. As I happen to be the person responsible (‘the instigator’ / ‘the culprit’) of so-called Language-oriented Poetry in Myanmar, I feel that I should have my say on how this has come about in Myanmar, a country that has been under a military regime for the past 20 years or so.
Attack of the Difficult Poems: Essays and Inventions (University of Chicago Press) Penn Book Center Launch 130 S 34th St, Philadelphia Tuesday, April 26 6-7:30pm
Today at Penn, Latvian, Russian and American poets are working on translations, to be presented tomorrow night. Marvei Yankelevitch is here for the conference keynot at 5pm. Full conference program here.
