On Reading Woman: Preface to 'Not a Muse": A World Poetry Anthology (eds. Kate Rogers & Viki Holmes) by Laksmi Pamuntjak Not muses, exactly. reminders of what survives— creation’s flames that glitter— flare. One day in 2005, on the eve of the publication of my first collection of … [Read more...]
Writings
On the Complicated Questions Around Writing About Travel
"Travel was and will always be about exclusion." Jakarta, 1994: I wanted to write a story about magic slippers that would take me anywhere. I ended up writing a novel about demonic red shoes as an adult, with more complex reasons than fulfilling my simple wish to go to Singapore, but there were … [Read more...]
Poems and Other Myths
Poems and Other Myths, a collection of spoken word poetry by women from Asia. … [Read more...]
Right or wrong: my country or my religion?
How much does religion influence the decisions you make in life? For “Fikri”, a Muslim, religion is the measuring stick against which he evaluates everything. He complained to me about “Freddie”, who he considers to be a hypocrite. “But that’s not the real problem. My problem with him is that … [Read more...]
Road Trip to NaNo: Exploring the Writer’s Heritage
[hide for="!logged"]NaNoWriMo is an international event, and the stories being written every year reflect our hundreds of participating regions. We’re taking a Road Trip to NaNo to hear from our amazing writers all around the world. Today, Eve Shi, our Municipal Liaison in the Indonesia region … [Read more...]
