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In the Silence

International Fiction, Poetry, Essays, and Performance
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Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2023

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Here are the voices and visions from a world having need of an angel—most of all an angel of reality to help us see the Earth again, its people, and objects, to hear its tragic drone, and to recognize what it is to be human. The writing ranges from Burma/Myanmar to South Asia, China, Central America, Africa, and the U.S. From the oration of Frederick Douglass in the 1850s and the reportage of Walter F. White in the Jim Crow South during the 1920s. From the Apache genocide in the American Southwest, to the displacement of Rohingya in Burma, and the massacre of Tutsi in Rwanda. Despite the dark reality that the authors record, we recognize, as artist Claudia Bernardi says, “that life is worth living, no matter what."

In the Silence is the Winter 2022 (34:2) issue of Mānoa. It features photographs of the Rohingya people by George Constantine.

Alok Bhalla is a scholar, translator, and poet based in Delhi, India. He is a fellow at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, and editor of the four-volume Stories about the Partition of India. Penny Edwards is professor of Southeast Asian studies at the University of California, Berkeley. Her books include Kingdoms of the Mind: Burma’s Fugitive Prince and the Fracturing of Empire. ko ko thett is a bilingual poet and author of collections of poetry and poetry translations in Burmese and English. Kenneth Wong teaches Burmese language at the University of California, Berkeley. His short stories, essays, and poetry translations have appeared widely. Frank Stewart is a writer, translator, and founding editor of
Mānoa: A Pacific Journal of International Writing.

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Contributor: Frank Stewart Frank Stewart is a writer, translator, and founding editor of Mānoa: A Pacific Journal of International Writing. He is professor emeritus of English at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

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    Editor’s Note

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    Forgiving the Unforgivable

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    Anna Badkhen
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    An Angel Passes By: Silence and Memories at the Massacre of El Mozote

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    Claudia Bernardi
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    The Wall Builder

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    Cao Kou
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    How to Eat an Orange

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    Catherine Filloux
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    from Murambi: The Book of Bones

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    Boubacar Boris Diop
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    What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?

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    Frederick Douglass
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    from The Blast

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    Joseph Matthews
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    Three Poems

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    Charlotte Mew
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    Crow Season

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    Ann Pancake
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    Four Poems

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    Terese Svoboda
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    Election Day in Florida

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    Walter F. White
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    Stand by Me: Song of a Farmer

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    Alok Bhalla
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    Dead End

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    Ajeet Cour
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    Three Poems

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    Keki Daruwalla
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    He Chuckled Quietly

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    Dhoomil
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    Three Poems

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    Kunwar Narain
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    Six Poems

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    Robin S. Ngangom
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    Two Poems

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    Bibhu Padhi
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    The Pain Merchant

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    Manjula Padmanabhan
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    Two Poems

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    Pash
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    The Darkest Word in the Dictionary

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    E. V Ramakrishnan
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    Three Poems

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    K. Satchidanandan
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    The Earth Shall Be Enjoyed By Heroes

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    Murzban F. Shroff
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    Three Poems

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    Kedarnath Singh
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    To Write a History

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    Penny Edwards, Ko Ko Thett and Kenneth Wong
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    Aphwar Sighted the Snake

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    Living with a Warlock

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    Ka Pi’s Dentures

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    Aidii
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    The Border Town

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    Back in the Tall Grass

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    Lily

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    Eaindra
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    Interview with Kyaw Zwa Moe

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    Penny Edwards
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    The Window

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    Ju
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    Picnic

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    On My Way Home

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    Khin Min Zaw
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    Kaw Tha Wah the Hunter

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    Saw Lambert
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    Watch out maung maung (there is such a thing as retribution)

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    Coffee of the Gods

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    The Venomous

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    Pandora
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    Land Mines

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    War

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    Insect in the Gala

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    Mom Cooks Seven Rock Shrimps

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    Ma Sandar
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    Biology

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    An Ox for a Wad of Paan

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    Thida Shania
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    Three Poems

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    Tin Moe
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    Under the Great Ice Sheet

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    About the Photographer

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    About the Contributors

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March 30, 2023
eBook ISBN:
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https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824896614
eBook ISBN: 9780824896614
Keywords for this book
asia fiction; burma fiction; burma translation; myanmar fiction; myanmar translation; south asia fiction; south asia translation
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For an expert adult audience, including professional development and academic research
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