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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...
Surat dari Pejompongan: Pandemi
Jakarta adalah kota yang sibuk, tentu saja. Ketika pandemi Corona mulai menjadi masalah nasional sejak pertengahan Maret tahun ini, warga Jakarta dibuat ketakutan. Ada virus pembunuh: tidak kelihatan, tetapi serangannya sungguh mematikan. Tapi, pemerintah Indonesia...
Greetings from the Executive Director: August 2020
Of the many unforeseen disruptions arising from the corona virus pandemic, none has been more devastating than the impact on the nation’s education system. Both educators and students alike were totally unprepared for the lockdown of schools and universities, with...
Greetings from the Executive Director: July 2020
Slowly but surely we are getting used to the limitations imposed by the seemingly never-ending Covid-19 pandemic. Many of us have been compelled to become more innovative and creative in what we do—a trend that has been most evident in Jakarta’s arts and culture...
Greetings from the Executive Director: June 2020
Five months into the Corona virus pandemic, people seem to be getting over their griping and groaning and starting to look on the bright side of things. One notable development is the increasing use of the internet for almost all our daily needs. Indonesians are...