The 17th Kusala Sastra Khatulistiwa – Emerging Shortlist

Heru Joni Putra, the young Minangkabau poet who has made a name for himself as an enfant terrible of modern Indonesian literature has created in the person of Badrul Mustafa a new anti-hero. Badrul Mustafa’s Arabic-derived name may be understood as “the chosen one who brings enlightenment and the … [Read more...]