Book Launch of Autumnal

About the Programme:
Join us for a conversation with Vung Nu, Chin poet from Migrant Writers Singapore, and Elliott Prasse-Freeman, author of Rights Refused: Grassroots Activi.sm and State Violence in Myanmar, about the role poetry plays in a time of war and political violence. This will be followed by a discussion and audience Q&A, moderated by poet Tse Hao Guang.
About the Book:
Written across fall and winter 2023, Autumnal is a daily reckoning with memory, exile, and devotion. Burmese-Chin poet Aidii composes from a life lived between the Chin hills, Yangon, and Indianapolis. Translated with care and poetic intuition by ko ko thett, Autumnal is a first-of-its-kind English-language collection from a Burmese woman poet writing on motherhood, faith, exile, and the brutal generosity of memory. This is poetry as lifeline, confession, and a bridge between cultures and memory.