A U.S. American Voice, Laotian Voices

Fred Branfman, Voices from the Plain of Jars: Life under an Air War (first published in 1972) If our country had  decency, at the death of Fred Branfman there would have been coverage, interviews, retrospectives,…

Looking Deeply at Laos/1

Please take a look at this video by Legacies of War. It will require 2 minutes and 40 seconds of your time. Next, consider, Thich Nhat Hanh’s 4th precept of the Tiep Hien Order:  Do…

Same, Same But Different

Same, same but different Cami tells me this is a Laotian saying* Same, same but different Since Trump was elected Same, same but different The fragile tenderness of my heart Same, same but different Another…

Theme of Class #2: From Up in the Air

In our Thursday evening class, Walking Together without Fear: Reading and Writing with Alice Walker, we pondered the following reflections from Alice Walker, Denise Levertov, and Fred Branfman. 1. Alice Walker, Thousands of Feet Below…