Eyewitness: Short Story

In November 1991, Indonesian soldiers opened fire on protestors in Dili, the capital of East Timor, killing an estimated 250 people. For publishing a report on this massacre, Seno Gumira Ajidarma, editor of Jakarta-Jakarta magazine at the time, was dismissed from his position. He sought another way, … [Read more...]

There Is No New York Today

The poetry anthology is launched near the premiere of hit-movie Ada Apa Dengan Cinta? 2 (What's up with love? 2), as some poems of the book were used in the movie. The 80-page book also features photographs of the streets of New York, presented as if the pictures were taken by the movie's main … [Read more...]

The Adventures of Na Willa

Indonesian author Reda Gaudiamo has created a collection of stories of curious adventures and musings of a multicultural girl growing up in Indonesia with a Javanese mother and a Chinese-Indonesian father. Set in a time when children spent the day outside, listening to Lilis Suryani's songs on the … [Read more...]

The Original Dream

For Maya, history is like a dream, and her dreams are like a history of her life and how it relates to others. Effortlessly defying and calling into question time and space, Maya inhabits fantastical realities filled with shamans, romantic longing, a daughter’s struggles, and a flying … [Read more...]

Spaces: Reflections on a Journey

Spaces is a novel that transforms former political prisoner Putu Oka Sukanta's historical memory – of being imprisoned without trial from 1966 to 1976 and withstanding torture and human rights abuses – into fiction. … [Read more...]

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