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Kota Ini Kembang Api


Written by Sheany, originally published in Jakarta Globe

Oct 14, 2016

Poet and writer Gratiagusti Chananya Rompas, or Anya, pours her own experiences and emotions in her new book "Kota Ini Kembang Api" (This City is Fireworks). The book, launched at the Kinokuniya bookstore in Plaza Senayan, South Jakarta, on Thursday (13/10), is a collection of 61 poems. It is a palette of experiences and emotions that uses both urban and natural elements to illustrate love, anger, desire, loss as well as hope.

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