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Jakarta Post / What Media Says
Feb 01, 2025

Teta Alim

Authors / Writer


A 24-year-old writer based in Washington, D.C. Her pronouns are she/her. She was born in Jakarta, Indonesia, but grew up in upstate New York. Her heritage is a mix of Gayo, Jawa and Sunda. Her conversational Indonesian is passable (probably), but her reading comprehension and writing skills in Indonesian are pretty hopeless. If you have an hour or two to spare, talk to her about music (and if you really want to get her going, ask her about Daniel Caesar). She has studied abroad in London, England, and Shepparton, Australia, but feels most at home in D.C. Most of her family still lives in Jakarta Timur. They also live in parts of Aceh and in Bandung.

In the Headlines


List: More books by writers of Indonesian heritage

Buah Zine / All Things Books
Aug 18, 2022

Interview: Clara Ng

Buah Zine / What Media Says
Mar 06, 2019

Interview: Khairani Barokka

Buah Zine / What Media Says
Jul 13, 2018

Interview: Dena

Buah Zine / What Media Says
Feb 22, 2018


Media Writing(s)


Interview: Clara Ng, on Clara Ng, published in Buah Zine (Mar 06, 2019)
Interview: Khairani Barokka, on Khairani Barokka, published in Buah Zine (Jul 13, 2018)
Interview: Dena, on Dena Igusti, published in Buah Zine (Feb 22, 2018)

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