by admin | Jun 4, 2021 | Blog, Surat dari Pejompongan
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...
by admin | Jun 4, 2021 | Blog Right, In Memoriam
Wikan Satriati 23 June 1975 – 25 April 2021 Wikan, a writer and a colleague at Lontar, passed away recently, and we deeply mourn her loss. In more than a decade of dedication to the translation and publication of books by Indonesian authors, she contributed...
by admin | Jun 4, 2021 | Blog Right, Greetings
First the sad news… We recently lost our friend and colleague Wikan Satriati, who had worked at Lontar for the past 11 years as assistant to the director of publications, managing everything from contracts to book launches. She passed away at her family home in...
by admin | Jun 4, 2021 | Blog Right, Greetings
One year after the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, any semblance of normalcy remains far from the case in Indonesia, despite the reduced rate of Corona virus infections and deaths around the country. In June of last year the National Covid-19 Task Force classified 58%...
by admin | Mar 25, 2021 | Blog, Ruminations
As I begin to write this rumination on 2 March 2021, I recall that it was exactly one year ago the office of the president announced the first case of Covid-19 in Indonesia. With no outside activities to mark the days and no celebrations to distinguish one week from...
by admin | Mar 25, 2021 | Blog, Surat dari Pejompongan
Bung ND, Jika kita membicarakan puisi Indonesia modern, maka sebenarnya kita berbicara tentang budaya tulisan yang baru—elitis, tentu saja. Umurnya belum seratus tahun. Jika dibentangkan sebuah garis masa padanya, kita belum bisa melihat garis yang berwarna-warni....
