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    Jakarta Post / On Xu Xi
    Nov 22, 2025

    Exploring stories and their reasons with Xu Xi


    From government talking points and corporate brand campaigns to your wannabe influencer friend’s Instagram grid, stories dominate our lives. Speaking as a writer, and someone deeply attuned to stories rooted in both the real world and the realm of (fan)fiction, the way we buy into these narratives reveals myriad details about ourselves. In a sense, storytelling is how we relate to one another, with diction and syntax as our mechanism.

    The Chinese-Indonesian-American author reflects on who gets to tell a story, what makes a 'real writer' and what fiction is really for.

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