by admin | Jun 8, 2021 | Blog
Kawan Moer, Di seruas jalan perdesaan di Slavetin, Republik Ceko—saat hendak mengunjungi desa kelahiran penyair Konstantin Biebl bersama beberapa mahasiswa dan dosen Studi Indonesia Universitas Charles, Praha, musim gugur 2017—aku pernah terharu oleh sebuah...
by admin | Jun 8, 2021 | Blog
As an altar boy at Saint Anthony’s in my youth, when the Roman Catholic vernacular was Latin, I had to memorize all the Latin prayers of the Mass but my first true experience in trying to communicate in a foreign language was when I was in high school and the study of...
by admin | Jun 4, 2021 | Blog
Without translation I would be limited to the borders of my own country. The translator is my most important ally. [The translator] introduces me to the world. Italo Calvino As a youngster, “vacation” was for me an unknown term. Never once in my memory did my parents...
by admin | Jun 4, 2021 | Blog
Saudara Anu, Apakah masa kecil Saudara bahagia? Jika iya, apa yang membuat Saudara bahagia? Jika tidak, kalau boleh tahu, apa sebabnya? Apa pun jawaban Saudara nanti, saya ingin bersangka baik bahwa ketika kecil Saudara termasuk anak yang bahagia. Salah satu sebabnya...
by admin | Jun 4, 2021 | Blog
I never knew my maternal grandfather, Hubert Schauf. He was out in a field on Lost Hill Farm, when a massive heart attack took his life in 1949, three years before I was born. The only confabulistic memory I have of my paternal grandfather, John A. McGlynn Sr., is...
by admin | Jun 4, 2021 | Blog
Serem Saudara Anu, Untuk memahami bagaimana siasat terhadap realisme berlangsung dalam prosa Indonesia, ada baiknya kita membaca lagi karya-karya Rijono Pratikto—sebelum kita sampai pada yang canggih-canggih. Mungkin hari ini banyak dari kita yang tidak mengenal...
