An editor, journalist, and translator. A graduate of Princeton University (B.A. Comparative Literature), she founded and directed Artememoria, a free-access, English-language arts magazine focused on the memory of Brazil’s civil-military dictatorship and served as Editor-at-Large in Brazil for Asymptote from 2017–2019. Her nonfiction reporting has been published in publications such as Agência Pública and The Princeton Echo, her literary criticism in The Jakarta Post and Peixe-elétrico, and her translations of fiction and non-fiction in Asymptote Journal. Currently, she is a Luce Scholar collaborating with the Lontar Foundation in Jakarta, Indonesia and a PhD candidate in Comparative Literature at Harvard University.
Lara Norgaard
Authors / Scholar
On Scars and Flying Horses: Lara Norgaard in Conversation with Linda Christanty, on Linda Christanty, published in Mascara Literary Review (Feb 16, 2020)
Putu Oka Sukanta and the Hidden Wounds of World History, on Putu Oka Sukanta, published in Asymptote (Jan 16, 2020)
Personal Histories, Sexual Politics: An Interview with Ayu Utami, on Ayu Utami, published in Asymptote (Dec 09, 2019)
Writing Orang-orang Oetimu, Writing Wounds (Orang-Orang Oetimu), published in Asymptote (Mar 26, 2020)
Putu Oka Sukanta brings historical memory to wider audience (Spaces: Reflections on a Journey), published in Jakarta Post (Oct 11, 2019)
Latin American connection: Can Indonesian literature have the same influence?, published in Jakarta Post (Dec 08, 2019)