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Written by Alexander Wells, originally published in EXBERLINER Magazine

Feb 17, 2022

Alexander Wells on breakthrough gay Indonesian author Norman Erikson Pasaribu and his new short story collection. A new voice in global queer fiction is always cause for celebration. In a conversation dominated by the US and UK, the emergence of – and growing curiosity about – writers from elsewhere can only be welcomed.


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