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    Rewriting Faith


    Apr 26, 2025
    Edoardus E. Maturbongs, ‪Desca Angelianawati

    Rewriting Faith, Rethinking Policy: A Queer Reading of Scripture and Its Challenge to Indonesia’s Public Morality Discourse

    Unspoken Wounds - Indonesian Writers


    Apr 17, 2025
    I Subandrio, ‪Desca Angelianawati

    Medusae: The Monster’s Gaze and the Unspoken Wounds of Women

    International Writing Program - Indonesian writers


    Apr 04, 2025

    International Writing Program Faces Uncertain Future

    Perang Kota - Indonesian writers


    Apr 03, 2025
    Valent Mustamin

    Perang Kota: Love, Fear, and Resistance in Jalan Tak Ada Ujung

    Malam Pertama Calon Pendeta - Indonesian Writers


    Jan 19, 2025
    Teguh Affandi, ‪Desca Angelianawati

    Bali Beyond the Postcard: Unveiling the Island’s Hidden Complexities

    Indonesian Writers


    Jan 12, 2025
    Valent Mustamin

    A Labor of Love

    Budi Darma


    Jan 10, 2025
    Teguh Affandi, ‪Desca Angelianawati

    Savage and Surreal in Budi Darma’s: From Archives to Eternity

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    Jan 01, 2024
    Valent Mustamin

    2023: Celebrating the Chapters


    Nov 08, 2023
    Teguh Affandi, ‪Desca Angelianawati

    Celeng and the Symbol of Emasculated Masculinity


    Sep 26, 2023
    ‪Desca Angelianawati

    A treasure trove of intrigue, painted with metaphors, symbolisms, and allegories


    Oct 14, 2022
    Teguh Affandi, ‪Desca Angelianawati

    Being a Nyai: a Fairy Tale or a Curse?


    Jul 10, 2022
    Martha Betaubun, ‪Desca Angelianawati

    Pada Sebuah Radio Dangdut: Among the Indonesian Folk Music, Dangdut Agendas, and the Fabrication of Woman Body


    Mar 22, 2021
    ‪Desca Angelianawati

    Stonewall tak Mampir di Atlantis: Mystifying Indonesian Queerness


    Mar 10, 2021
    ‪Desca Angelianawati

    Sambal dan Ranjang: Sex Over Sambal?


    Jan 20, 2021
    ‪Desca Angelianawati

    Women’s Suppression and Resistance through Literature


    Sep 17, 2020
    Angela Shinta

    What Felix Nesi Does and Thinks When He Writes


    Sep 29, 2019
    Sarita Supratman

    “I thought I should have read it long ago.”


    Oct 01, 2018
    Feby Indirani, Marjie Suanda

    The Plot to Kill The Muezzin


    Sep 06, 2018
    Ros Aruna

    Masochism in Religion, A Review of Santa Rosa


    Aug 30, 2018
    Ros Aruna

    Womb and Women’s Bitterness in Patiwangi


    Aug 14, 2018
    Ros Aruna

    Criticism on Glorification of Motherhood in Cyntha Hariadi’s Poems


    Jul 28, 2018
    Zen Hae

    From Book Review to the Canonization of Literature


    May 24, 2017
    Tiffany Tsao

    Tiffany Tsao: On working with Norman for Asymptote


    Sep 28, 2015
    Valent Mustamin

    Aan Mansyur on Writing: The Only Way to Find Answers for His Restless Mind

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