27 Days of Heartbreak, a uniquely-styled fiction documenting a heartbreak process was launched Sept. 8 at Kinokuniya Bookstore, Plaza Senayan in South Jakarta by Gramedia Pustaka Utama. The book is written by Stella Ang and illustrated by Marisa Santosa. The book tells a story of an unnamed … [Read more...]

Why are you still single? Aren’t you ever bored being alone? Maybe you’re just too picky. If you’re single, over the age of 25, or even younger, you’ve probably been an unwilling recipient of remarks like these at least once or twice. After all, single-shaming seems to be one of … [Read more...]

Cartoonist Muhammad “Mice” Misrad still vividly remembers what he was doing on May 14, 1998, at the time of the bloody tragedy that has been indelibly etched as one of the country’s darkest moments. “I was at my office Kompas in Palmerah [Central Jakarta] that day. Trapped inside until the night … [Read more...]

Many of us have gone through a challenging transformation before reaching adulthood. A newly launched English-language memoir thoroughly captured the experience of a 20-something blogger, her struggles with a quarter-life crisis and how she deals with it. Marcella Purnama’s What I Wish I Had … [Read more...]

Indonesian poet Joko "Jokpin" Pinurbo recently launched a poetry book titled "Buku Latihan Tidur," or "The Art of Sleeping," but the riveting content will certainly keep readers awake. The book consists of poems written between 2014 and 2017, some of which have been published in the … [Read more...]