Greetings from the Executive Director: December 2020

It’s that time of the year to look back and reflect on what has been achieved during the past 12 months and what remains undone.  One thing for sure is that 2020 will forever be remembered both here and elsewhere when well-laid plans went astray as a result of the...

Surat dari Pejompongan: Suasana

Bung, Saya tengah membaca puisi-puisi Tomas Tranströmer. Buku puisinya New Collected Poems terbitan Bloodax Books (2017), terjemahan Robin Fulton, baru saya bisa beli beberapa bulan lalu. Baru separuh jalan. Mungkin pembacaan ini tampak terlambat, tetapi, tidak...

Ruminations by John McGlynn: Pain, Fun, Fear, and Devotion

In the Catholic Church, each month of the year is dedicated to a particular devotion: January to The Holy Name of Jesus, February to The Holy Family, March to Saint Joseph, and so on, but the one I remember most clearly is October, which is dedicated to The Holy...

Greetings from the Executive Director: November 2020

November is a time to contemplate the future of the next generation. World Children’s Day falls on November 20 and Indonesians observe National Teachers Day on November 25. The two are intrinsically linked and it would be timely to look at how the education system has...

Hari1FSL

FESTIVAL SASTRA LONTAR, HARI 1 – 11 NOVEMBER 2020 Pembukaan / OpeningCeramah / Keynote LectureSastra Indonesia di Panggung Dunia / Indonesian Literature on the World StagePenceramah / Speaker: Nirwan DewantoPerformer: FrauModerator: John H. McGlynnRabu /...