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Sosmed: “Even Though Jokowi Wasn’t In Power Yet” By @kostumkomik

pic.twitter.com/PZoh2dlVV3 — kostumkomik (@kostumkomik) June 18, 2019 “I’m watching the court case about the result of the election.” “Yeah, well, the campaign committee says Prabowo lost cos Jokowi as president abused his power as president to win the presidential election!!” “But Prabowo lost the presidential election in 2014 too. Even though Jokowi wasn’t in power…

Norman Erikson Pasaribu – On literature and diversity – “Talking Indonesia” podcast on SoundCloud

New from the Talking Indonesia podcast This year Indonesia was a featured country at the London Book Fair, which followed a similar showcasing of its literature at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2015. Is this a reflection of an expanding and globalising literary scene in Indonesia? Are more diverse voices being heard inside and outside…

Poem: Poetry is… by Amien Kamil

Poetry is…

Back from Indonesia I for the Word ~ oct 16 – SoundCloud

Listen to Back from Indonesia I for the Word ~ oct 16 by Zoë Mc Pherson on #SoundCloud

Some new old books on and from the Malay world, The British Library

“..The Library also holds printed books in languages such as Javanese, Sundanese, Balinese, Batak and Bugis, dating from the earliest printed examples through to contemporary publications,..”

Short Story: Respected Ulema By Seno Gumira Ajidarma

Respected Ulema was not a shaman, not a fortune-teller and neither was he a magician. Respected Ulema was simply a theater actor. To be precise, a former theater actor, one who had transferred his acting skills from the stage to everyday life. From the way he behaved, the way he arranged his facial expressions and…

“Sexy Killers: a Documentary”, WatchDoc Documentary

“Recently a lot of people have been talking about this one documentary film…”

Short Story: Bitter Beans By Seno Gumira Ajidarma

A discrete young couple are engrossed in a heated argument about bitter beans.

Short Story: The Slave of Love By Seno Gumira Ajidarma

“…What can be expressed by a pair of eyes…”

Short Story: The Death of a Translator By Wawan Kurniawan

“…A week earlier in a dream, a woman wearing a red top with shoulder-length hair had approached him at the edge of a beach unfamiliar to him. Without a chance to take a clear look at her face, the woman had immediately embraced him from behind, so tightly it felt as if his bones would…