In this article: Laksmi Pamuntjak
Written by Aminah Sheikh, and was originally published in Kitaab
Mar 24, 2017
Written by Aminah Sheikh, and was originally published in Kitaab
Mar 24, 2017
Let’s get down to brass tacks. Why do you write?
I write because it’s the one thing I know how to do. It’s a need and a sickness, a weapon of struggle and an instrument of grace. It’s work and leisure, a way of life. I think it’s been like that since I was six, when I started keeping a journal and writing single page stories that had to end no matter what at the end of a page. Not a single day goes by without the act of writing. Letters, impressions, observations, lines that come to mind.
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