Bones Will Crow : : An Anthology of Burmese Poetry / / ed. by James Byrne, Ko Ko Thett.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
• HerausgeberIn: Byrne, James,; Thett, Ko Ko,
• MitwirkendeR: Lynn, Zeyar,; Padel, Ruth,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2021]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (172 p.)

This is the first anthology of contemporary Burmese poets published in the United States and it includes the work of Burmese poets who have been in exile and in prison. The poems include global references from a culture in which foreign books and the Internet are regarded with suspicion and where censorship is an industry. The poets have been ingenious in their use of metaphor to escape surveillance and censorship, writing post-modern, avant-garde, performance, and online poetries. The anthology reveals the transition of Burmese poetry from traditionalism to modernism, as well as the development of Burmese poetry over the second half of the twentieth century, as Myanmar has changed. Through their wildly diverse styles, these poems delight in the freedom to experiment with poetic tradition.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Foreword -- Editors' Preface -- Introduction -- TIN MOE. Biographical note -- THITSAR NI. Biographical note -- AUNG CHEIMT. Biographical note -- MA EI. Biographical note -- MAUNG CHAW NWE. Biographical note -- MAUNG PYIYT. MIN Biographical note -- KHIN AUNG AYE. Biographical note -- ZEYARLYNN. Biographical note -- MAUNG THEIN ZAW. Biographical note -- MOEZAW. Biographical note -- MOE WAY. Biographical note -- KO KOTHETT. Biographical note -- EAINDRA. Biographical note -- PANDORA. Biographical note -- MAUNGYU PY. Biographical note -- Glossary of Burmese Terms -- Biographical Notes on Editors & Translators