Perempuan yang Menunggu is a collection of short stories that were previously published in various media outlets. For Dorothea, the short story is a writer’s struggle in confronting the realities of life—an attempt to capture reality and transform it into a new one. Reading the stories in this book … [Read more...]
Tantri: Perempuan yang Bercerita
November 2, 2025 by
In the forest, the tiger is not always mighty. Once, it was tricked by a goat chewing on a gondola tree—a plant that oozed blood-like sap. Terrified, the king of the jungle believed the goat to be a predator of tigers. Though titled Tantri, the Woman Who Tells Stories, this is not a book of fairy … [Read more...]
Amir Sjarifoeddin
October 30, 2025 by
Amir Sjarifoeddin explores the experiences of a central figure in the Indonesian revolution, whose life mirrored the idealism and contradictions of the anti-colonial and post-war world of twentieth century Indonesia. Amir was born at the edge of an empire in a time of change. Imprisoned by the … [Read more...]
Domestic Nationalism
October 30, 2025 by
Chiara Formichi argues that Muslim women in Java and Sumatra, from the late 1910s to the 1950s, were central to Indonesia's progress as guardians and promoters of health and piety through gendered activities of care work. While sidelined in the Dutch colonial project of hygienic modernity, women's … [Read more...]
Indonesia
October 29, 2025 by
For forty years, Walter Reed carried the story he was meant to tell—of a time, a place, and a journey that shaped him forever. As a young Marine Security Guard stationed at the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, Reed found himself caught between two worlds: the tight-knit brotherhood of his detachment and … [Read more...]
