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    Exploring stories and their reasons with Xu Xi

    Jakarta Post / What Media Says
    Nov 22, 2025

    Exploring stories and their reasons with Xu Xi

    Best-selling Indonesian authors you should be reading

    Jakarta Post / As Seen On
    May 21, 2024

    Best-selling Indonesian authors you should be reading

    Singapore Writers Festival beams in literary stars

    Jakarta Post / As Seen On
    Nov 04, 2020

    Singapore Writers Festival beams in literary stars

    Lala Bohang explores the feminine in the fantastical

    Jakarta Post / What Media Says
    Jul 19, 2020

    Lala Bohang explores the feminine in the fantastical

    Indonesian literature goes digital with Sandiwara Sastra

    Jakarta Post / All Things Books
    Jul 12, 2020

    Indonesian literature goes digital with Sandiwara Sastra

    Jakarta’s literary festival to highlight Southern identity

    Jakarta Post / As Seen On
    Jul 30, 2019

    Jakarta’s literary festival to highlight Southern identity

    Literary scene mourns the death of Hamsad Rangkuti

    Jakarta Post / What Media Says
    Aug 28, 2018

    Literary scene mourns the death of Hamsad Rangkuti


    Media Writing(s)


    Exploring stories and their reasons with Xu Xi, on Xu Xi, published in Jakarta Post (Nov 22, 2025)
    Lala Bohang explores the feminine in the fantastical, on Lala Bohang, published in Jakarta Post (Jul 19, 2020)
    Literary scene mourns the death of Hamsad Rangkuti, on Hamsad Rangkuti, published in Jakarta Post (Aug 28, 2018)

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