Java tale
Jennifer Lindsay
An eminent historian turns to fiction
Category: Indonesia
In the POST
Kate Walton
Jakarta’s unplanned bookshop and publishing house
Emerging power
Endy M. Bayuni
Wresting control of Indonesia’s natural resources
Faith and facts
Ninus Andarnuswari
Muslim journalists seek the truth as part of their faith
One day, there is Mother and Radian
Avianti Armand
A short story from Avianti Armand
‘Trail’ & ‘Mane of sadness’
Acep Zamzam Noor
Poetry from Acep Zamzam Noor
New Order child
Norman Erikson Pasaribu
Eka Kurniawan talks about horror, history and sexuality
Disobedient women
Norman Erikson Pasaribu
Intan Paramaditha subverts her country’s notions of womanhood.
Pulp horror
Tiffany Tsao
How Western reviewers missed the point of Eka Kurniawan’s latest work.
Beauty scar
Pam Allen
Magical realism meets gritty realism