Josef Haslinger, Kiki Petrosino, and Dr. Ma Thida: IWP/Writer’s Workshop Joint Reading
Josef Haslinger reads an excerpt from his short story, “The Battle for Vienna.” Writers’ Workshop student Kiki Petrosino reads a selection of poems organized, she explains, around the theme of danger. Dr. Ma Thida begins her her reading by explaining the title of her manuscript, Twenty and Twenty. She reads a few sentences of her manuscript in Burmese, and then reads a passage in English.
In: International Writing Program Archive | Fiction | Poetry
Authors: Josef Haslinger , Kiki Petrosino, Ma Thida
Date Recorded: September 11, 2005
Works Read: Haslinger reads "The Battle for Vienna." Dr. Ma Thida reads selections from Twenty and Twenty.
Program: --
Format: reading
Contributors: Christopher Merrill
Topics: World War II; Burmese history; imprisonment; reincarnation