Tiffany Tsao is a writer and literary translator living in Sydney. She is the author of the novel Under Your Wings and the Oddfits fantasy series. She also translates poetry and prose from Indonesian to English; her translations include Norman Erikson Pasaribu’s poetry collection, Sergius Seeks … [Read more...]
Review: The Book of Jakarta
January 7, 2021 by
What do you know about Jakarta, or Indonesia? If the answer is “not much” then you should definitely pick up this collection of short stories. And if the answer is “a lot, actually” well, you should read it too, you will probably relate or find some familiar elements. The Book of Jakarta is a … [Read more...]
A Literary Interview with Laksmi Pamuntjak, Celebrated Indonesian Novelist
January 7, 2021 by
Laksmi Pamuntjak (1971 - ) is a bilingual Indonesian novelist, poet, journalist, essayist, and food critic. She writes opinion and features articles for numerous Indonesian publications as Tempo and the Jakarta Post, as well as international publications such as South China Morning Post, Frankfurter … [Read more...]
Putu Oka and Goenawan
January 5, 2021 by
Putu Oka Sukanta and Goenawan Muhammad reflect on Indonesia's Years of Violence and their friendship with Martin Aleida. Supplementary material for "Indonesia's Years of Violence". The following two interviews with Putu Oka Sukanta and Goenawan Muhammad were conducted online in succession … [Read more...]
2020: Translations from Southeast, South and West Asia
January 5, 2021 by
A round-up of reviews of works in translation from Bahasa Indonesia, Vietnamese, Cambodian, Pali, Bengali, Tamil, Farsi, Armenian and Arabic: classics, contemporary fiction, short stories and poetry. From roughly East to West: Bahasa Indonesia The Wandering by Intan Paramaditha, translated … [Read more...]
