Edith Mirante
@edithmirante.bsky.social
Author, activist, artist, adventurer. "Where the Mithuns Are: Essays on War, Art & Beasts" latest book. Also 3 SE Asia books. Founded Project Maje in 1986 (Burma human rights & environmental info.) History Threads. projectmaje.org
10/10. Order "Where the Mithuns Are" direct from independent publisher Blue Ear Books: blueearbooks.com/where-the-mi... (US orders only currently, e-book for international tba in '26.) An ideal 📚 gift during holiday season! And please suggest purchase to your public or academic library.
November 25, 2025 at 7:07 AM
10/10. Order "Where the Mithuns Are" direct from independent publisher Blue Ear Books: blueearbooks.com/where-the-mi... (US orders only currently, e-book for international tba in '26.) An ideal 📚 gift during holiday season! And please suggest purchase to your public or academic library.
9. "An Ark of Horn: Ruminations on the Muskox" is a "tour de force" essay ranging across the natural/cultural history, captivity narratives & climate change vulnerability of these extraordinary Arctic tundra herd mammals.
November 25, 2025 at 7:07 AM
9. "An Ark of Horn: Ruminations on the Muskox" is a "tour de force" essay ranging across the natural/cultural history, captivity narratives & climate change vulnerability of these extraordinary Arctic tundra herd mammals.
8. “The Army Coat: Antifascist Karl Yoneda from Manzanar to Burma” is a portrait of the fearless Japanese-American labor organizer & Manzanar prisoner who served with the US Army in WW2 Burma's pivotal battle of Myitkyina.
November 25, 2025 at 7:07 AM
8. “The Army Coat: Antifascist Karl Yoneda from Manzanar to Burma” is a portrait of the fearless Japanese-American labor organizer & Manzanar prisoner who served with the US Army in WW2 Burma's pivotal battle of Myitkyina.
7. “Mounds, Ticks, City, Ants” situates my visit to Michael Heizer’s vast “City” art installation in Nevada in the context of some much older, Indigenous earthworks. A ragged-edged plague years travel narrative of contemporary land art, stolen land history & contaminated desert.
November 25, 2025 at 7:07 AM
7. “Mounds, Ticks, City, Ants” situates my visit to Michael Heizer’s vast “City” art installation in Nevada in the context of some much older, Indigenous earthworks. A ragged-edged plague years travel narrative of contemporary land art, stolen land history & contaminated desert.
6. Since the 2021 Myanmar coup, remote Chin State has been at forefront of anti-coup revolution. “The Chins @ War” describes my 2022 trip to the India/Burma border of Chin State's Thantlang war zone, with the refugees, drone guerrillas & mithuns I met there.
November 25, 2025 at 7:07 AM
6. Since the 2021 Myanmar coup, remote Chin State has been at forefront of anti-coup revolution. “The Chins @ War” describes my 2022 trip to the India/Burma border of Chin State's Thantlang war zone, with the refugees, drone guerrillas & mithuns I met there.
5. The daring British Communist painter & poet Clive Branson fought fascism in the Spanish Civil War & died as a tank commander in WW2 Burma's brutal Admin Box battle. I tell his epic story (+ some other WW2 combat poets) in “A Death in Arakan.”
November 25, 2025 at 7:07 AM
5. The daring British Communist painter & poet Clive Branson fought fascism in the Spanish Civil War & died as a tank commander in WW2 Burma's brutal Admin Box battle. I tell his epic story (+ some other WW2 combat poets) in “A Death in Arakan.”
4. Nick Hunt commented about "Our Riot Elk", “It feels like all of 2020 condensed into one road-trip: fires, police brutality, BLM, the pandemic, the wild, the sacred, the political.” The elk, bison & wolves of Yellowstone National Park appear within.
November 25, 2025 at 7:07 AM
4. Nick Hunt commented about "Our Riot Elk", “It feels like all of 2020 condensed into one road-trip: fires, police brutality, BLM, the pandemic, the wild, the sacred, the political.” The elk, bison & wolves of Yellowstone National Park appear within.
3. Anthony Gross was a highly intrepid war artist who traveled through WW2 Arakan & Chin State, Burma, armed with watercolor paints. "Drawing Soldiers in Burma" depicts Gross & other war artists of WW2 & more recent conflicts. "Where the Mithuns Are" cover image is by Gross.
November 25, 2025 at 7:07 AM
3. Anthony Gross was a highly intrepid war artist who traveled through WW2 Arakan & Chin State, Burma, armed with watercolor paints. "Drawing Soldiers in Burma" depicts Gross & other war artists of WW2 & more recent conflicts. "Where the Mithuns Are" cover image is by Gross.
2. The mithuns of "Where the Mithuns Are" are a domesticated forest ox of highland Myanmar (Burma) & NE India. Mithuns have been revered, cherished & sacrificed. "Beasts of the Northern Mountains" is about my encounters with these charismatic mammals in Chin State, Myanmar.
November 25, 2025 at 7:07 AM
2. The mithuns of "Where the Mithuns Are" are a domesticated forest ox of highland Myanmar (Burma) & NE India. Mithuns have been revered, cherished & sacrificed. "Beasts of the Northern Mountains" is about my encounters with these charismatic mammals in Chin State, Myanmar.
1. This History/Literary Thread is about my new book "Where the Mithuns Are: Essays on War, Art and Beasts" (how to order it is at end of thread!) These exciting essays include WW2 Burma & #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar, bison, elk, wolves, Heizer's "City" & Indigenous mound sites. 📚
November 25, 2025 at 7:07 AM
1. This History/Literary Thread is about my new book "Where the Mithuns Are: Essays on War, Art and Beasts" (how to order it is at end of thread!) These exciting essays include WW2 Burma & #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar, bison, elk, wolves, Heizer's "City" & Indigenous mound sites. 📚
17/17. Previous History Threads at www.projectmaje.org. My latest book "Where the Mithuns Are: Essays on War, Art and Beasts" (topics including WW2 Burma & post-coup revolutionary Chin State) is now available for pre-order (publication Nov. 2025) here: blueearbooks.com/where-the-mi...
October 29, 2025 at 5:55 AM
17/17. Previous History Threads at www.projectmaje.org. My latest book "Where the Mithuns Are: Essays on War, Art and Beasts" (topics including WW2 Burma & post-coup revolutionary Chin State) is now available for pre-order (publication Nov. 2025) here: blueearbooks.com/where-the-mi...
13. "The Milk Tea Alliance: Inside Asia's Struggle Against Autocracy and Beijing" (2025) by @jwassers.bsky.social has Myanmar content. @liasciortino.bsky.social & Linn Lat Tar Yar edited "Living the Coup: Collective Diary of Daily Life in Myanmar" ('25) @SEAJunction obor.or.id/living-the-c...
October 29, 2025 at 5:55 AM
13. "The Milk Tea Alliance: Inside Asia's Struggle Against Autocracy and Beijing" (2025) by @jwassers.bsky.social has Myanmar content. @liasciortino.bsky.social & Linn Lat Tar Yar edited "Living the Coup: Collective Diary of Daily Life in Myanmar" ('25) @SEAJunction obor.or.id/living-the-c...
10. Bertil Lintner & Hseng Noung Lintner's latest ethnic history is "Young Tigers: Chao Tzang Yawnghwe and the Shan Rebellion in Myanmar" ('25.) Francesco Buscemi's "Arms Politics: Becoming and Being a Weapon in the Borderlands of Myanmar" ('25) examines Shan St armed resistance.
October 29, 2025 at 5:55 AM
10. Bertil Lintner & Hseng Noung Lintner's latest ethnic history is "Young Tigers: Chao Tzang Yawnghwe and the Shan Rebellion in Myanmar" ('25.) Francesco Buscemi's "Arms Politics: Becoming and Being a Weapon in the Borderlands of Myanmar" ('25) examines Shan St armed resistance.
9. "Mountain Rhododendron: A Chin Lady in Jade Land of Myanmar" (2025) is a novel about the lives of migrant workers in Hpakant, Kachin State, by Chin journalist Joel Ling.
October 29, 2025 at 5:55 AM
9. "Mountain Rhododendron: A Chin Lady in Jade Land of Myanmar" (2025) is a novel about the lives of migrant workers in Hpakant, Kachin State, by Chin journalist Joel Ling.
7. Burma resource watcher @clarammond.bsky.social wrote an extraordinary political travel book, “On the Shadow Tracks: A Journey through Occupied Myanmar” (2024) which follows a trajectory of railway lines (neglected, built with forced labor) to reveal decades of military misrule & abuse.
October 29, 2025 at 5:55 AM
7. Burma resource watcher @clarammond.bsky.social wrote an extraordinary political travel book, “On the Shadow Tracks: A Journey through Occupied Myanmar” (2024) which follows a trajectory of railway lines (neglected, built with forced labor) to reveal decades of military misrule & abuse.
4. Tank warfare expert @historybowsh.bsky.social debuted with definitive "Forgotten Armour: Tank Warfare in Burma" in 2024, followed by another in-depth WW2 Burma account "Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945" in '25. Jack co-hosts @forgottenwarpod.bsky.social on WW2 Burma with eminent historian Robert Lyman.
October 29, 2025 at 5:55 AM
4. Tank warfare expert @historybowsh.bsky.social debuted with definitive "Forgotten Armour: Tank Warfare in Burma" in 2024, followed by another in-depth WW2 Burma account "Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945" in '25. Jack co-hosts @forgottenwarpod.bsky.social on WW2 Burma with eminent historian Robert Lyman.
3. Clive Branson was a British Communist painter, poet & tank commander who died in WW2 Burma's brutal Admin Box battle. His heroic story is in my new book & his poems were collected for 1st time in "The Selected Poems of Clive Branson" edited by Richard Knott, 2023.
October 29, 2025 at 5:55 AM
3. Clive Branson was a British Communist painter, poet & tank commander who died in WW2 Burma's brutal Admin Box battle. His heroic story is in my new book & his poems were collected for 1st time in "The Selected Poems of Clive Branson" edited by Richard Knott, 2023.
2. OSS officer Peter K. Lutken Jr. fought in Kachinland; his exciting memoir "A Thousand Places Left Behind: One Soldier’s Account of Jungle Warfare in WWII" was posthumously published in 2023. Also in '23 Hannah Watson's WW2 Burma novel for young readers, "The Jungle War."
October 29, 2025 at 5:55 AM
2. OSS officer Peter K. Lutken Jr. fought in Kachinland; his exciting memoir "A Thousand Places Left Behind: One Soldier’s Account of Jungle Warfare in WWII" was posthumously published in 2023. Also in '23 Hannah Watson's WW2 Burma novel for young readers, "The Jungle War."
1. This History Thread is about recent (2023-25) books on Burma (Myanmar.) It includes books on WW2, ethnic issues & the anti-coup revolution. A pre-order announcement of my new book "Where the Mithuns Are: Essays on War, Art and Beasts" is at the end. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar 📚
October 29, 2025 at 5:55 AM
1. This History Thread is about recent (2023-25) books on Burma (Myanmar.) It includes books on WW2, ethnic issues & the anti-coup revolution. A pre-order announcement of my new book "Where the Mithuns Are: Essays on War, Art and Beasts" is at the end. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar 📚
23/23. Links to my previous Burma History Threads & reports are at: www.projectmaje.org
September 19, 2025 at 5:49 AM
23/23. Links to my previous Burma History Threads & reports are at: www.projectmaje.org
5. As war w. Kachin Independence Army resumed 2011, Myanmar Air Force (MAF) deployed helicopters & fixed wing aircraft. Despite very limited antiaircraft weapons KIA sometimes damaged/downed MAF aircraft. My '13 Project Maje report on Kachin St. air war: projectmaje.org/airwar.htm
September 19, 2025 at 5:49 AM
5. As war w. Kachin Independence Army resumed 2011, Myanmar Air Force (MAF) deployed helicopters & fixed wing aircraft. Despite very limited antiaircraft weapons KIA sometimes damaged/downed MAF aircraft. My '13 Project Maje report on Kachin St. air war: projectmaje.org/airwar.htm
3. Aerial bombardment/strafing in Burma began during World War 2. As Japan invaded, Japanese bombers attacked Rangoon, Arakan, other targets. 1942-45 British RAF & US 10th Air Force bombed bridges, roads, railways, supply depots.
September 19, 2025 at 5:49 AM
3. Aerial bombardment/strafing in Burma began during World War 2. As Japan invaded, Japanese bombers attacked Rangoon, Arakan, other targets. 1942-45 British RAF & US 10th Air Force bombed bridges, roads, railways, supply depots.
1. This (recent) History Thread is about Air Attacks in Myanmar (Burma.) Since Feb. 2021 coup, military regime has constantly deployed bombing & strafing by jet & helicopter, routinely against civilian targets. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
September 19, 2025 at 5:49 AM
1. This (recent) History Thread is about Air Attacks in Myanmar (Burma.) Since Feb. 2021 coup, military regime has constantly deployed bombing & strafing by jet & helicopter, routinely against civilian targets. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
20/20. Sources incl. Michael Charney 2004; Jacob Shell '19 "Giants" book + Journal of Burma Studies '21. Links to my previous Burma History Threads (incl. on Wildlife & Logging) & reports are at: www.projectmaje.org
August 27, 2025 at 5:57 AM
20/20. Sources incl. Michael Charney 2004; Jacob Shell '19 "Giants" book + Journal of Burma Studies '21. Links to my previous Burma History Threads (incl. on Wildlife & Logging) & reports are at: www.projectmaje.org
18. Dec. '23, 16 mahouts w. elephants joined People's Revolutionary Forces in Bago Region. Sept. '24 Peoples Liberation Army seized 138 abandoned regime Forestry Dept. logging elephants in Mandalay Region, of which 60+ reportedly later shifted to Ta’ang National Liberation Army.
August 27, 2025 at 5:57 AM
18. Dec. '23, 16 mahouts w. elephants joined People's Revolutionary Forces in Bago Region. Sept. '24 Peoples Liberation Army seized 138 abandoned regime Forestry Dept. logging elephants in Mandalay Region, of which 60+ reportedly later shifted to Ta’ang National Liberation Army.