Josef Haslinger, Kiki Petrosino, and Dr. Ma Thida: IWP/Writer’s Workshop Joint Reading

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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

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