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    May 04, 2017

    What do you have to sacrifice to be a “grown up”?



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    Dec 06, 2015

    2014: Not a Good Year for Indonesian Short Story Scene



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    Oct 12, 2015

    The Modern Folktales of Jakarta



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    Jul 08, 2014

    Sindhunata



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    May 23, 2017

    Negeri Kabut



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    Mar 29, 2017

    Melipat Jarak: Sepilihan Sajak



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    Mar 01, 2014

    Postcolonial Life and Death: A Process-Based Comparison of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights and Ayu Utami’s Saman



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    Feb 16, 2017

    Indonesian Local Culture in Literature: Past and Present



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    Aug 29, 2016

    Sepotong Senja untuk Pacarku



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    Aug 15, 2013

    Two Contemporary Indonesian Women Writers



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    Jan 17, 2017

    Critical Eleven by Ika Natassa



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    Jul 02, 2015

    And words fell from stars at the Makassar International Writers Festival



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    Nov 27, 2008

    Gerhana Kembar, a novel by Clara Ng



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    Jan 23, 2014

    Okky Madasari Maryam



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    Apr 23, 2011

    Bilangan Fu



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    Jan 11, 2014

    Review: Pasung Jiwa by Okky Madasari



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    Aug 05, 2014

    Remy Sylado’s “Perempuan Bernama Arjuna” book review



    Personal Blog / All Things Books
    May 20, 2016

    Suti



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    Oct 30, 2016

    What I’m Reading



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    Sep 18, 2015

    “Anak Ini Mau Mengencingi Jakarta?” by Ahmad Tohari



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    Apr 14, 2017

    Beauty is a Wound by Eka Kurniawan



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    Jun 27, 2016

    Malam Terakhir



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    Sep 24, 2016

    Man Tiger



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    Dec 06, 2016

    Hujan Bulan Juni: Novel



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    Jun 26, 2016

    A Beastly Tale – “Man Tiger” by Eka Kurniawan



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    Sep 16, 2015

    Maya by Ayu Utami



    Personal Blog / As Seen On
    Aug 07, 2014

    Translating Indonesian Literature: Promoting Culture, Spreading Ideas, Fostering Change



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    May 06, 2020

    Vengeance is Mine, All Others Pay Cash (2017) by Eka Kurniawan



    Personal Blog / All Things Books
    Oct 12, 2015

    ‘Beauty is a Wound’ by Eka Kurniawan (Review)



    Personal Blog / All Things Books
    Jan 04, 2019

    Buku Latihan Tidur



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    Jul 15, 2010

    Achdiat Karta Mihardja



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    Jul 02, 2020

    Anak Semua Bangsa (Child of All Nations) – Pramoedya Ananta Toer



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    Oct 18, 2015

    ‘Home’ by Leila S. Chudori (Review)



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    Jan 04, 2019

    Surat Panjang Tentang Jarak Kita yang Jutaan Tahun Cahaya



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    Jul 12, 2017

    Bernard Batubara: On Stories, Love, and Heartbreaks



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    Jul 31, 2020

    Perjamuan Khong Guan

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