Brian Laidlaw
Brian Laidlaw is a poet-songwriter whose previous books include The Stuntman (Milkweed Editions, 2015) and The Mirrormaker (Milkweed Editions, 2018), each of which was released with a companion album of original music; a new collection called Summer Err – a book-length erasure of John Muir’s My First Summer in the Sierra – is forthcoming from Mount Vision Press in 2019. Brian continues to tour as a folksinger, and moonlights – often literally – as a rock climber.
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A complete travesty. Two journalists who exposed a village massacre of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar—and just won a Pulitzer Prize for their courageous work—will remain in prison for telling truth to power. #FreeWaLoneKyawSoeOo https://t.co/CPLECKg7Og
Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo won a Pulitzer price last week, which proves the importance of their reports and recognises their works to expose such a sensitive problem in Myanmar. #FreeWaLoneKyawSoeOo
Myanmar's top court has rejected an appeal by two Reuters journalists jailed on charges linked to their reports on the Rohingya.
Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were sentenced to 7 years last September in a case condemned around the world. https://t.co/LQu8gbVJGi #FreeWaLoneKyawSoeOo