Jakarta’s young creatives are putting a new spin on an old art form, as the popularity of spoken-word poetry grows in the capital city. Spoken word poetry is a form of performance art; a unique blend of storytelling, rhythm, rhyme and theater. Popularized by Youtube videos over the past 5 years, … [Read more...]
Dalang Publishing: Introducing Indonesian Historical Fiction to the U.S.
February 7, 2016 by
[hide for="!logged"]Translation is finding new energy in the world industry: after all, digital makes borders more porous than ever, foreign markets more enticing. But translation is expensive, difficult to do well, and frequently hard to sell in distant markets unless you have sales forces on the … [Read more...]
New Year brings new opera, rhapsodies from Ananda
February 5, 2016 by
To celebrate the New Year, maestro Ananda Sukarlan has surprised fans with the world premiere of his Batak-themed Rapsodia Nusantara No. 14 composition as well as two arias from his highly anticipated opera, Tumirah, Sang Mucikari (Tumirah, The Pimp). Ananda opened the Jan. 10 Jakarta New Year … [Read more...]
Southeast Asia’s Brightest Voices to Flock to Jakarta
December 11, 2015 by
The literary festival presented by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), will again come to town next week after its successful debut last year. Themed “Question of Conscience,” the Asean Literary Festival will be held from March 15 to 22 at Taman Ismail Marzuki in Central Jakarta … [Read more...]
Evenings with (reluctant) literary masters
December 11, 2015 by
“Poems are inevitable. Every nation has its own poem,” said poet Abdul Hadi WM after reading a number of his Sufi-influenced poems at the Salihara Cultural Center in South Jakarta on Saturday. He is among the literary luminaries reading their works at an event titled Malam Para Empu (Evenings of … [Read more...]
