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Frontline Poets

Frontline Poets

The Literary Rebels Taking on Myanmar's Military

By (author) Joe Freeman
By (author) Aung Naing Soe

$22.00

Publishing 30th Apr 2025
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  • Combining poems by contemporary Burmese poets along with their life stories, this book demonstrates the power of the written word
Full Description

The history of Myanmar can be told through its poets, from the fight against colonialism to the modern day struggle for democracy. Much of this tradition is barely known in the west. Frontline Poets is an inspiring, revelatory and heart wrenching account of how several poets in Myanmar ditched their comfortable lives to join dangerous protests, form armed groups and to be on the front line of a revolution.

About the Author

Aung Naing Soe is a Burmese filmmaker and journalist. As a Hubert H. Humphrey fellow at Arizona State University, he covered immigration, the coronavirus outbreak, and the Black Lives Matter movement. In 2020, he went home for the general election and witnessed the military coup. He now covers civil unrest in Myanmar from his base in Thailand. Joe Freeman is an American writer and researcher who has worked at the Phnom Penn Post newspaper and covered the democratic transition in Myanmar as a freelance journalist. In 2017 he came to Thailand as Southeast Asia correspondent for Agence France-presse. Since 2021 he has worked for Amnesty International’s regional office.

Specifications
Publisher
River Books
ISBN
9786164510920
Publish date
30th Apr 2025
Binding
Paperback / softback
Territory
USA & Canada
Size
5.59 in x 8.27 in
Pages
184 Pages
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