The series of poems were imagined from his contemplation during the co-19 that keeps raging each day. These poems also echo his concern about the condition of Indonesian queer and LGBT that can be considered as “too timid to live, but unwilling to resist.” … [Read more...]
The Fish Girl
March 7, 2021 by
Sparked by the description of a ‘Malay trollope’ in W. Somerset Maugham’s story, ‘The Four Dutchmen’, Mirandi Riwoe’s novella, The Fish Girl, tells of an Indonesian girl whose life is changed irrevocably when she moves from a small fishing village to work in the house of a Dutch merchant. There she … [Read more...]
Stone Sky Gold Mountain
March 7, 2021 by
Set during the gold-rush era in Australia, this remarkable novel is full of unforgettable characters and deals with timeless questions of identity and belonging. Family circumstances force siblings Ying and Lai Yue to flee their home in China to seek their fortunes in Australia. Life on the gold … [Read more...]
