Ko ko thett's poems -- described by John Ashbery as "brilliantly off-kilter" -- bring oddball lists, linguistic inventiveness, and sardonic humor to the brutal contradictions of life and history in and outside of his native Burma. In some poems he muses on chairs or metaphors or potatoes, while elsewhere, and often with the same, dispassionate tone, he turns his gaze on a strangulating bureaucracy or the horrific treatment of prisoners. Thett writes in Burmese and in English. In this second volume to appear in English, most are English originals but thirteen will be presented bilingually on facing pages.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Zephyr Press
Published: 01/04/2022
ISBN: 9781938890857
Pages: 104
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.90w x 0.40d