[Original Burmese text] writer Khet Mar profiles Nyein Thit, a poet and political activist who was repeatedly jailed for participating in the Hmaing Centennial Strike and the 1988 uprising. The aging poet now wishes to leave activism to focus more on his writing.
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On March 3rd, City of Asylum/Pittsburgh conducted a reading of material from Burmese writer-in-residence Khet Mar, whose stories and poems were presented in Burmese, English, and Spanish. The reading featured Khet Mar, translator Michelle Gil-Montero, and poet and translator Roman Antopolsky.
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