Lucas Stewart
@lucastewart.bsky.social
Author, editor, short stories. Former literature advisor to the British Council in Myanmar. The People Elsewhere: Unbound Journey's with the Storytellers of Myanmar out with Penguin/Viking. www.sadaik.com
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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. 📚
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We recently published my new zine “Lessons From The Hills”, a collection of my analyses from this past year in the Spring Revolution, for those in other parts of the world facing escalating fascism and climate change. You can download it from our website:
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November 4, 2025 at 4:07 AM
We recently published my new zine “Lessons From The Hills”, a collection of my analyses from this past year in the Spring Revolution, for those in other parts of the world facing escalating fascism and climate change. You can download it from our website:
aifmyanmar.noblogs.org/post/2025/11...
aifmyanmar.noblogs.org/post/2025/11...
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📚🎙️Ma Thida (@mathida.bsky.social), among #Myanmar’s leading activists and intellectuals, discusses her new book, 'A-Maze' and the country’s unfinished struggle for democracy on the Southasia Review of Books podcast.
Tune in on Youtube: buff.ly/IeLm7iX
Tune in on Youtube: buff.ly/IeLm7iX
Ma Thida on Myanmar’s unfinished struggle for democracy: Southasia Review of Books podcast #36
As the Spring Revolution approaches its fifth year, Ma Thida, one of Myanmar’s foremost activists and intellectuals, reflects on the country’s political trajectory leading up to and beyond the 2021…
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November 3, 2025 at 11:30 AM
📚🎙️Ma Thida (@mathida.bsky.social), among #Myanmar’s leading activists and intellectuals, discusses her new book, 'A-Maze' and the country’s unfinished struggle for democracy on the Southasia Review of Books podcast.
Tune in on Youtube: buff.ly/IeLm7iX
Tune in on Youtube: buff.ly/IeLm7iX
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📢Exciting news: 'No More Silence' a powerful new book of poetry by Mohammed Arshad Amin @author_arshad is out now. A bold and moving exploration of voice, loss + resilience.
📚 Available here: a.co/d/jaewp7i
More info: rohingyafutures.com/no-more-silenc… Cover pic: @CFWRohimUllah
📚 Available here: a.co/d/jaewp7i
More info: rohingyafutures.com/no-more-silenc… Cover pic: @CFWRohimUllah
October 9, 2025 at 11:13 PM
📢Exciting news: 'No More Silence' a powerful new book of poetry by Mohammed Arshad Amin @author_arshad is out now. A bold and moving exploration of voice, loss + resilience.
📚 Available here: a.co/d/jaewp7i
More info: rohingyafutures.com/no-more-silenc… Cover pic: @CFWRohimUllah
📚 Available here: a.co/d/jaewp7i
More info: rohingyafutures.com/no-more-silenc… Cover pic: @CFWRohimUllah
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So proud of this one, friends. Stories are resistance, and so worth fighting for.
September 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
So proud of this one, friends. Stories are resistance, and so worth fighting for.
SUBMISSION OPPORTUNITY: The Upper New Review is looking for short stories/nonfiction pieces for a special issue on Myanmar. Themes/issues of interest include ecology, culture, history, and politics of Myanmar. Max 20,000 words. Deadline's July 1st tho.
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The Upper New Submission Manager
Thank you for your interest in The Upper New. We are now accepting submissions to The Upper New Review for:- Written works: prose and poetry.- Audiovisual works.- Research narratives.- Stewardship sto...
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June 27, 2025 at 8:56 AM
SUBMISSION OPPORTUNITY: The Upper New Review is looking for short stories/nonfiction pieces for a special issue on Myanmar. Themes/issues of interest include ecology, culture, history, and politics of Myanmar. Max 20,000 words. Deadline's July 1st tho.
uppernew.submittable.com/submit
uppernew.submittable.com/submit
@penamerica.bsky.social has a Trump travel ban reading list on @bookshop.org . Nice to see Thirii Myo Kyaw Myint's 'Names for Light', Charmaine Craig's latest 'My Nemesis' and the excellent post-coup anthology 'Picking off new shoots', ed. by Ko Ko Thett and Brian Haman
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A Travel Ban Reading List: 50+ Books to Broaden Your Horizons
We are seeing a rise in nativism, the demonization of immigrants, and bigotry in the United States.
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June 18, 2025 at 8:13 AM
@penamerica.bsky.social has a Trump travel ban reading list on @bookshop.org . Nice to see Thirii Myo Kyaw Myint's 'Names for Light', Charmaine Craig's latest 'My Nemesis' and the excellent post-coup anthology 'Picking off new shoots', ed. by Ko Ko Thett and Brian Haman
bookshop.org/lists/a-trav...
bookshop.org/lists/a-trav...
Here's what the 2013 English version looks like.
In Than Shwe's time, anthologies of english-language pro-regime articles were particularly popular, mostly directed at the US, Thailand, EAG's and communists.
In Than Shwe's time, anthologies of english-language pro-regime articles were particularly popular, mostly directed at the US, Thailand, EAG's and communists.
June 12, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Here's what the 2013 English version looks like.
In Than Shwe's time, anthologies of english-language pro-regime articles were particularly popular, mostly directed at the US, Thailand, EAG's and communists.
In Than Shwe's time, anthologies of english-language pro-regime articles were particularly popular, mostly directed at the US, Thailand, EAG's and communists.
A brief (but good) breakdown on how successive Myanmar regimes have used literature for propaganda. Article features U Hla Min's The Way I See It: Myanmar and Its Evolving Global Role, published by Zin Yadanar Saw Publishing House
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Analysis | How the Myanmar Military’s Propaganda Efforts Have Evolved Over the Decades
Former intelligence officers, generals and ex-officials continue to publish propaganda books aimed at promoting military rule and rewriting history.
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June 12, 2025 at 8:08 AM
A brief (but good) breakdown on how successive Myanmar regimes have used literature for propaganda. Article features U Hla Min's The Way I See It: Myanmar and Its Evolving Global Role, published by Zin Yadanar Saw Publishing House
www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/anal...
www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/anal...
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Watch this powerful video about our book
Women’s Voices from the Revolution
youtu.be/9sqZGll3HEg?...
Then download the book 🡻
bit.ly/3QlM2bc (BUR)
bit.ly/3EFvPLr (ENG)
Watch the PEN America launch tinyurl.com/2aspxehp
Union Aid Abroad - APHEDA Cobra Column
Women’s Voices from the Revolution
youtu.be/9sqZGll3HEg?...
Then download the book 🡻
bit.ly/3QlM2bc (BUR)
bit.ly/3EFvPLr (ENG)
Watch the PEN America launch tinyurl.com/2aspxehp
Union Aid Abroad - APHEDA Cobra Column
June 4, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Watch this powerful video about our book
Women’s Voices from the Revolution
youtu.be/9sqZGll3HEg?...
Then download the book 🡻
bit.ly/3QlM2bc (BUR)
bit.ly/3EFvPLr (ENG)
Watch the PEN America launch tinyurl.com/2aspxehp
Union Aid Abroad - APHEDA Cobra Column
Women’s Voices from the Revolution
youtu.be/9sqZGll3HEg?...
Then download the book 🡻
bit.ly/3QlM2bc (BUR)
bit.ly/3EFvPLr (ENG)
Watch the PEN America launch tinyurl.com/2aspxehp
Union Aid Abroad - APHEDA Cobra Column
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It was indeed a good session & when the video goes up will share it.
In the mean time @altsean.bsky.social have now released PDFs of the book "Burma Women's Voices from the revolution" which I really recommend. Read women's stories of the struggle in their own words.
(Links in next post)
In the mean time @altsean.bsky.social have now released PDFs of the book "Burma Women's Voices from the revolution" which I really recommend. Read women's stories of the struggle in their own words.
(Links in next post)
May 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
It was indeed a good session & when the video goes up will share it.
In the mean time @altsean.bsky.social have now released PDFs of the book "Burma Women's Voices from the revolution" which I really recommend. Read women's stories of the struggle in their own words.
(Links in next post)
In the mean time @altsean.bsky.social have now released PDFs of the book "Burma Women's Voices from the revolution" which I really recommend. Read women's stories of the struggle in their own words.
(Links in next post)
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GAS Featured #Musician and #Poet: San Lin Tun! #Myanmar gaspoertyartandmusic.blogspot.com/2025/05/gas-...
May 22, 2025 at 2:34 PM
GAS Featured #Musician and #Poet: San Lin Tun! #Myanmar gaspoertyartandmusic.blogspot.com/2025/05/gas-...
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new Lintner book releasing soon 👀
"exposes the betrayal of the 1947 Panglong Agreement, the military’s iron grip on Myanmar, & the unyielding struggle of the country’s ethnic minorities" via the life of Chao Tzang Yawngmyanhwe, "son of Burma’s first president & last Saohpa (prince) of Yawnghwe".
"exposes the betrayal of the 1947 Panglong Agreement, the military’s iron grip on Myanmar, & the unyielding struggle of the country’s ethnic minorities" via the life of Chao Tzang Yawngmyanhwe, "son of Burma’s first president & last Saohpa (prince) of Yawnghwe".
Young Tigers: Chao Tzang Yawnghwe and the Shan Rebellion in Myanmar
Bertil Lintnerwith Hseng Noung Lintner When Myanmar emerged from colonial rule, it promised a united federal future. Instead, the country spiraled into dictatorship, ethnic conflict, and shattered dre...
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May 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM
new Lintner book releasing soon 👀
"exposes the betrayal of the 1947 Panglong Agreement, the military’s iron grip on Myanmar, & the unyielding struggle of the country’s ethnic minorities" via the life of Chao Tzang Yawngmyanhwe, "son of Burma’s first president & last Saohpa (prince) of Yawnghwe".
"exposes the betrayal of the 1947 Panglong Agreement, the military’s iron grip on Myanmar, & the unyielding struggle of the country’s ethnic minorities" via the life of Chao Tzang Yawngmyanhwe, "son of Burma’s first president & last Saohpa (prince) of Yawnghwe".
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Burmese author A Phyu survived arrest and interrogation by Myanmar's military after the 2021 coup. Processing her experiences through storytelling, she writes, “I don’t owe them anything so why should I answer? Instead I asked, ‘Are my friends ok, sir?’” pen.org/first-i-have...
May 22, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Burmese author A Phyu survived arrest and interrogation by Myanmar's military after the 2021 coup. Processing her experiences through storytelling, she writes, “I don’t owe them anything so why should I answer? Instead I asked, ‘Are my friends ok, sir?’” pen.org/first-i-have...
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Aung Naing Soe, a journalist and documentary filmmaker from Burma living and working in exile, joined the DVB Newsroom to discuss the new book he co-authored with Joe Freeman called Frontline Poets: The literary rebels taking on Myanmar’s military.
Read more: english.dvb.no/resistance-a...
Read more: english.dvb.no/resistance-a...
May 20, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Aung Naing Soe, a journalist and documentary filmmaker from Burma living and working in exile, joined the DVB Newsroom to discuss the new book he co-authored with Joe Freeman called Frontline Poets: The literary rebels taking on Myanmar’s military.
Read more: english.dvb.no/resistance-a...
Read more: english.dvb.no/resistance-a...
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Join us online on 5/29 for the launch of WOMEN’S VOICES FROM THE REVOLUTION.
Moderated by @mathida.bsky.social with @altsean.bsky.social's Debbie Stothard and writer A Phyu, this conversation will explore the power of storytelling in human rights advocacy in Myanmar.
RSVP: pen.org/event/womens...
Moderated by @mathida.bsky.social with @altsean.bsky.social's Debbie Stothard and writer A Phyu, this conversation will explore the power of storytelling in human rights advocacy in Myanmar.
RSVP: pen.org/event/womens...
May 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Join us online on 5/29 for the launch of WOMEN’S VOICES FROM THE REVOLUTION.
Moderated by @mathida.bsky.social with @altsean.bsky.social's Debbie Stothard and writer A Phyu, this conversation will explore the power of storytelling in human rights advocacy in Myanmar.
RSVP: pen.org/event/womens...
Moderated by @mathida.bsky.social with @altsean.bsky.social's Debbie Stothard and writer A Phyu, this conversation will explore the power of storytelling in human rights advocacy in Myanmar.
RSVP: pen.org/event/womens...
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Mohingha Matters "Freedom memoirs" is back with a new volume covering #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar with deep dives into the earthquake & it's aftermath, The Return
of Lashio into the Junta, an interview with NUG minister, poetry & more.
mohingamatters.com/2025/05/02/f...
of Lashio into the Junta, an interview with NUG minister, poetry & more.
mohingamatters.com/2025/05/02/f...
May 2, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Mohingha Matters "Freedom memoirs" is back with a new volume covering #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar with deep dives into the earthquake & it's aftermath, The Return
of Lashio into the Junta, an interview with NUG minister, poetry & more.
mohingamatters.com/2025/05/02/f...
of Lashio into the Junta, an interview with NUG minister, poetry & more.
mohingamatters.com/2025/05/02/f...
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#SamiraSurfs - a Rohingya refugee girl finds empowerment in a girls' surf club, Cox's Bazar Bangladesh. Read Rukhsanna Guidroz's interview in DiVERSE Conversations with YA & Chn's Verse Novelists @aaslala.bsky.social @librariesconnected.bsky.social @worldkidlit.bsky.social @bloomsburylit.bsky.social
April 23, 2025 at 12:46 PM
#SamiraSurfs - a Rohingya refugee girl finds empowerment in a girls' surf club, Cox's Bazar Bangladesh. Read Rukhsanna Guidroz's interview in DiVERSE Conversations with YA & Chn's Verse Novelists @aaslala.bsky.social @librariesconnected.bsky.social @worldkidlit.bsky.social @bloomsburylit.bsky.social
Poetry reading tomorrow in support of those impacted by the earthquake in Myanmar
April 15, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Poetry reading tomorrow in support of those impacted by the earthquake in Myanmar
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New event!
📆24th April
🕖7pm BKK time
Join Aung Naing Soe, Joe Freeman & Verena Hoelz for the launch of book "Frontline Poets: The literary rebels taking on Myanmar's military" at FCC Thailand.
Book looks at long history of poetry & popular uprising in Myanmar.
www.fccthai.com/events/495
📆24th April
🕖7pm BKK time
Join Aung Naing Soe, Joe Freeman & Verena Hoelz for the launch of book "Frontline Poets: The literary rebels taking on Myanmar's military" at FCC Thailand.
Book looks at long history of poetry & popular uprising in Myanmar.
www.fccthai.com/events/495
Frontline poets: The literary rebels taking on Myanmar’s military
In Myanmar, poetry and popular uprisings have long been intertwined, from anti-colonial movements to pro-democracy protests. But who are the poets? Why have they played such a unique role throughout M
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April 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
New event!
📆24th April
🕖7pm BKK time
Join Aung Naing Soe, Joe Freeman & Verena Hoelz for the launch of book "Frontline Poets: The literary rebels taking on Myanmar's military" at FCC Thailand.
Book looks at long history of poetry & popular uprising in Myanmar.
www.fccthai.com/events/495
📆24th April
🕖7pm BKK time
Join Aung Naing Soe, Joe Freeman & Verena Hoelz for the launch of book "Frontline Poets: The literary rebels taking on Myanmar's military" at FCC Thailand.
Book looks at long history of poetry & popular uprising in Myanmar.
www.fccthai.com/events/495
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Join CISAR for this Book Sale in support of the UBC Myanmar Student Association’s fundraiser for earthquake relief. All proceeds will be donated to "Better Burma", a non-profit providing assistance those effected by the catastrophic earthquake in Myanmar.
sppga.ubc.ca/events/event...
sppga.ubc.ca/events/event...
April 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Join CISAR for this Book Sale in support of the UBC Myanmar Student Association’s fundraiser for earthquake relief. All proceeds will be donated to "Better Burma", a non-profit providing assistance those effected by the catastrophic earthquake in Myanmar.
sppga.ubc.ca/events/event...
sppga.ubc.ca/events/event...
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“We will not be lost forever.”
In her poem Death or Life, Inside or Outside the Maze, Ma Thida reflects on repression and resilience in Myanmar.
Her words, written during unrest and revisited after the earthquake, are a call for hope.
PEN International stands with all those affected.
In her poem Death or Life, Inside or Outside the Maze, Ma Thida reflects on repression and resilience in Myanmar.
Her words, written during unrest and revisited after the earthquake, are a call for hope.
PEN International stands with all those affected.
April 2, 2025 at 1:21 PM
“We will not be lost forever.”
In her poem Death or Life, Inside or Outside the Maze, Ma Thida reflects on repression and resilience in Myanmar.
Her words, written during unrest and revisited after the earthquake, are a call for hope.
PEN International stands with all those affected.
In her poem Death or Life, Inside or Outside the Maze, Ma Thida reflects on repression and resilience in Myanmar.
Her words, written during unrest and revisited after the earthquake, are a call for hope.
PEN International stands with all those affected.
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My book is called ‘MANDALAY: Recipes & Tales from a Burmese Kitchen’ because Mandalay is where my heart lies.
My father and my brothers were all born in Mandalay, and my parents met at Mandalay Medical School.
My tastes, my food, my vocabulary are that of a Mandalay-thu (မန္တလေးသူ - ‘Mandalayan’).
My father and my brothers were all born in Mandalay, and my parents met at Mandalay Medical School.
My tastes, my food, my vocabulary are that of a Mandalay-thu (မန္တလေးသူ - ‘Mandalayan’).
March 30, 2025 at 9:37 PM
My book is called ‘MANDALAY: Recipes & Tales from a Burmese Kitchen’ because Mandalay is where my heart lies.
My father and my brothers were all born in Mandalay, and my parents met at Mandalay Medical School.
My tastes, my food, my vocabulary are that of a Mandalay-thu (မန္တလေးသူ - ‘Mandalayan’).
My father and my brothers were all born in Mandalay, and my parents met at Mandalay Medical School.
My tastes, my food, my vocabulary are that of a Mandalay-thu (မန္တလေးသူ - ‘Mandalayan’).
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I am re-upping my recent book on Myanmar. It is completely free to download from University of Hawai’i Press (2024). In it you will find
- 1st ethnography on Muslims & Hindus in Myanmar
- an alternative theory on community
manifold.uhpress.hawaii.edu/projects/ret...
#OA
#socialtheory
#anthropology
- 1st ethnography on Muslims & Hindus in Myanmar
- an alternative theory on community
manifold.uhpress.hawaii.edu/projects/ret...
#OA
#socialtheory
#anthropology
Rethinking Community in Myanmar | University of Hawai‘i Press - Manifold
In this first anthropological study of Muslim and Hindu lives in urban Myanmar today, Judith Beyer develops the concept of “we-formation” to demonstrate that individuals are always more than members o...
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March 27, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I am re-upping my recent book on Myanmar. It is completely free to download from University of Hawai’i Press (2024). In it you will find
- 1st ethnography on Muslims & Hindus in Myanmar
- an alternative theory on community
manifold.uhpress.hawaii.edu/projects/ret...
#OA
#socialtheory
#anthropology
- 1st ethnography on Muslims & Hindus in Myanmar
- an alternative theory on community
manifold.uhpress.hawaii.edu/projects/ret...
#OA
#socialtheory
#anthropology