Hunter
06/13/21
The University of Iowa’s International Writing Program is hosting an evening of readings to support and bring attention to the plight of Burmese writers killed or arrested following the military coup in Burma earlier this year.
US Poet-Laureates Joy Harjo and Robert Hass, Nobel Prize writer Elfriede Jelinek of Austria, and Christopher Merrill of the UI’s International Writing Program. Other readers include Writing Program alumni and more. The event will start at 6pm and is accessible by going to a link under this story on our website and social media sites.
https://asiasociety.org/new-york/events/voices-burma-poets-no-name
In a release from the IWP, it says that some alumni of the program from Burma have been jailed. One in particular, the poet Maung Yu Py, was jailed after participating in peaceful protests, beaten, and has been sentenced to two years of hard labor.
A petition is available with this article as well, demanding the immediate and unconditional release of all Burmese citizens jailed by the military.
