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In this article: Beni Satryo
Written by Marcel Thee, and was originally published in Jakarta Post
Jun 11, 2018
Written by Marcel Thee, and was originally published in Jakarta Post
Jun 11, 2018
At first glance, Jakarta-based writer and poet Beni Satryo’s work comes across as being imbued with sprinkles of dry humor and droll sarcasm, the kind that is not atypical to “young”-ish, 20-something purveyors of the pen such as himself.
But dig deeper, and that element of semi-comedy dissipates to make place for a refreshing earnestness: a naturally unpretentious sense of words and lines that is unique in its straightforward honesty.
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