John H. McGlynn

a poem inspired by the Bugis legend of the same name

The birth of I La Galigo

American Images in Indonesian Poetry

On Foreign Shores

The prima donna of modern Indonesian literature is the short story. Menagerie 1, the first in a series of volumes focusing on this literary form, offers a wide range of themes by many authors including: Ahmad Tohari B.Y. Tand Budi Darma Danarto Gerson Poyk Hamsad Rangkuti J.E. Siahaan Leila S. Chudori Nh. Dini Putu Wijaya Seno Gumira Ajidarma Umar Nur Zain Also included in Menagerie 1 is Poetry and Philosophy by Subagio Sastrowardoyo; Pariyem's Confession, a prose-poem by Linus Suryadi; Dieng, a photographic portfolio, by Yudhi Soerjoatmodjo; and poems by Chairil Anwar, Sitor Situmorang, Sapardi Djoko Damono and Sutardji Calzoum Bachri.

Indonesian Fiction, Poetry, Photographs, Essays

Menagerie

Erza Setyadharma

This volume of Menagerie brings together, under one cover, twenty stories by or about "people like us" Indonesian gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgender persons. This is a book that should have come out (pun intended) a long time ago. Not only do the stories herein disprove the persistent but baseless myth that all forms of sexuality and sexual behavior that fall outside the norm of accepted heterosexual behavior (wherein the man is always on top and the woman always on the bottom) are not, somehow, "Indonesian," they also show that the Indonesian archipelago is as multi-sexual as it is. Contributors Stories: Adri Basuki, Andrei Aksana, Anto Leo, Antok Serean, Bagus Utama, Djenar Maesa Ayu, Erik Siahaan, Erza Satyadharma, Herlinatiens, N. Wibowo, Nisrina Lubis, Ola Rusmini, Putri Kartini, Ratih Kumala, Santo, Satmoko Budi Santoso, Seno Gumira Ajidarma, Stefani Hid, Stefanny Irawan, and Ve Handojo. Cartoons: Uji Handoko and Decky Leos Essay and Poems: Gadis Arivia Photographic Essay: Adi Wahono Editors: Erza Setyadharma and John H. McGlynn Translators: David Reeve, Gai Littler, Harry Aveling, Jennifer Kesseler, John H. McGlynn, Justine Fitzgerald, Laura Noszlopy, Tim Behrend

People Like Us

Menagerie 7

Sapardi Djoko Damono

A Poem Inspired by the Bugis Legend of the Same Name

The Birth of I La Galigo

Ernst Ulrich Kratz

Seven Contemporary Indonesian Poets

Walking Westward in the Morning

This volume of the Menagerie series features stories about the mystical island of Bali by Bre Redana I Nyoman Darma Putra Faisal Baraas Gde Aryantha Soethama Gde Winnyana Kipandjikkusmin Mas Ruscitadewi Oka Rusmini Putu Arya Tirtawirya Putu Oka Sukanta Putu Wijaya Wayan Dani Also included are poems by D.S. Putra Negara, Nyoman Tusthi Eddy, Putu Fajar Arcana, Sthiraprana Duarsa, Tan Lioe Ie, Umbu Landu Paranggi, and Warih Wisatsana; a literary essay by I Nyoman Darma Putra; a photographic essay by Oscar Motuloh; and reproductions of Taring Padi People's Culture Institute posters.

Cobina Gillitt

As the New Order government became increasingly authoritarian, censoring and crushing public opposition openly and often brutally, there was a clear shift in playwriting style from allegorical fairytales of wordplay, humor and oblique reference to a more direct engagement, interrogation, and call to arms. All in all, Indonesian drama during the New Order provides a fascinating window into a society caught between the legacy of tradition, the challenge of repression, and a strong desire for democratization.

New Directions, 1965–1998

The Lontar Anthology of Indonesian Drama Volume 3

Ann Kumar

The Writing Traditions of Indonesia : Featuring Manuscripts from the National Library of Indonesia

Illuminations

Hermawan Sulistyo

Issues, Incidents, and Images

Indonesia in the Soeharto Years

Frank Stewart

An examination of censorship and suppression of Indonesian writers. Works include fiction, poetry, journalism, interviews and courtroom testimony. An overview essay discusses the state of censorship in Indonesia and the role of censorship in a democratic society.

Silenced Voices

Nur Zain Hae

Andy Fuller

The Lontar Anthology of Indonesian Short Stories is the first definitive anthology in English of Indonesian short stories from the twentieth century. These two volumes, featuring a selection of 109 of the most popular and influential works of short fiction, span the entire century, from pre-Independence Indonesia to the year 2000, and include many new translations. The editors drew from a wide cross section of Indonesian short story writers with respect to ethnicity, gender, class, and ideology. Volume 2 presents 61 stories dating from the founding of the New Order government that followed a national bloodbath in 1965 to just after its end in 1998 and the dawn of the second millennia. Along with the rise of "newspaper-length short stories" and a dwindling focus on realism, this period was marked by numerous changes in style and form, especially in the last decade of the century when authors, concerned with the militaristic nature of the central government, began to adopt a much more direct approach.

Short Fiction from the Twentieth Century

The Lontar Anthology of Indonesian Short Stories

Laura Noszlopy

Outside of Indonesia, little is known about the country's writers and their works. Helping to change that situation is the annual Ubud Writers and Readers Festival (UWRF) which, since the festival's first incarnation in 2004, has brought more than 350 Indonesian authors to Ubud to stand alongside their fellow authors from around the world. UWRF is committed to introducing Indonesian writers to an international audience--not just established authors, but also emerging ones. Although this collection is but a small sample of literary works by emerging authors who have joined the festival over the years, it will introduce you to the heart of Indonesia: to a world of hardship and heartbreak, conflict and peace. Each and every story adds to the sum of its parts: the complex and rich culture of one of the world's most misunderstood nations. In this volume's stories and poems, penned by authors from Sumatra to Papua of different ethnic groups, languages, and religions, the common thread is the affirming voice of human expression. John McGlynn & Laura Noszlopy (editors), selected the works of Adek Dedees, Amanche Franck OE Ninu, Arif Fitra Kurniawan, Benazir Nafilah, Budy Utamy, Dewi Ria Utari, Emil Amir, Fitrawan Umar, I Nyoman Manda, Ida Ahdiah, Ilham Q Moehiddin, Imam Muhtarom, Irianto Ibrahim, Jaladara, Kurnia Effendi, Mario F Lawi, Mashuri, Mugya Syahreza Santosa, Niduparas Erlang, Olyrison, Reda Gaudiamo, Sunlie Thomas Alexander, Uda Agus, Wa Ode Wulan Ratna, Zeffry Alkatiri, Zelfeni Wimra, and Zen Hae for the anthology.

Selected Works by New Voices at the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival

Out of Ubud

As wide ranging in theme as the first volume in Lontar¿s short story series, Menagerie 2 offers readers a new and different tour of Indonesia through its literature with stories by: A.A. Navis Asrul Sani Iwan Simatupang Jujur Prananto Nh. Dini Putu Wijaya Sutardji Calzoum Bachri Toti Tjitrawasita Umar Kayam Taufiq Ismail Also included in Menagerie 2 is Pasemon: On Allusion and Illusions, a literary essay by Goenawan Mohamad; Not an End Station: The Bogor Mental Asylum, a photographic portfolio by Hidayat Surya Gautama and Erwin Hadi; and poems by Isma Sawitri, Goenawan Mohamad, Sitor Situmorang, and Sutardji Calzoum Bachri.

Menagerie 2

John H. McGlynn

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