Recent publications: 2007 – January, 2011 (Updated)

Publications 2008- (January) 2011 SOLE AUTHORED BOOKS 2010 Catastrophe in Indonesia, Seagull Books/University of Chicago Press, 2010 (http://www.press.uchicago.edu/presssite/metadata.epl?mode=synopsis&bookkey=10464148) 2009 Shri Wedastera Suyasa, Dalam Politik-Politik Orang Bali, 1962-72, Mahendradatta University Press, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, 2009 2008 UNFINISHED NATION: Indonesia before and after Suharto, VERSO Books, 2008. (http://www.versobooks.com/books/306-unfinished-nation) 2007 Bangsa Yang Belum Selesai: Indonesia sebelum dan sesudah […]

2010 in review

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads This blog is on fire!. Crunchy numbers The average container ship can carry about 4,500 containers. This blog was viewed about 16,000 times in 2010. If each […]

Baru membaca ini: SUMPAH RAKYAT INDONESIA BERSATU

SUMPAH RAKYAT INDONESIA BERSATU Kami rakyat Indonesia, mengaku: bertumpah darah yang satu, tanah air Indonesia., berbangsa yang satu, bangsa Indonesia. menjunjung bahasa persatuan, bahasa Indonesia. Kami rakyat Indonesia bersumpah: Bertanah satu tanah air tanpa penindasan Berbangsa satu bangsa cinta keadilan Berbahasa satu bahasa tanpa kebohongan

Poem: On Walls

When the future is to be the present repeated forever Walled will be humanity, dammed, from each other severed Palestine’s wall is that future bleak Preventing the majority from their future to seek. Walls arise like tumours inside every nation Moats to drown humans fleeing desperation Laws that proclaim upon those outside a siege For […]

Poem: Colours

Torquise so pure the sea sooths the soul calm Green so deep the paddy to the spirit is like a balm Blue so clear the sky fills the heart with the warmest psalm Black stained with red the immiseration rips all asunder White flushed with red the poetry of rebellion recreates the wonder.

Sajak Bule Berkeringat

SAJAK BULE BERKERINGAT Keringat Kulit putih ternyata sangat berair Panas gila 70% tubuh terdiri dari air Cari ember Sebentar lagi aku ini seluruh mencair Kipas Juru selamat angin plus keringat jadi dingin Mandi Diseram air segar sejuk itu yang aku ingin Es Kopyor air kelapa tanpa gula – kepingin kepingin

Sajak Kuburan Santa Cruz

SAJAK KUBURAN SANTA CRUZ Debu batu kerikil jalan menggores-gores tubuh Darah mencat asfal jalan, keluar dari lobang dibuka peluru Wajah perih, mata nangis, otak marah, jiwa merana Jiwa menyatakan merdeka, asing buat mental tentara. Kuburan terima korban hidup hari itu di Santa Cruz yang tenang Kaos hanya pengantar keberanian bertekad: “Kita akan menang!” Wajah bicara […]

Poem: Walk to the mosque, 1969

Sharp, fragile bones under the coarse soft skin I help him along, this grandfather so thin Along a narrow, dusty asphalt lane dark houses on both sides We stop at the place where his heart fully, truly resides. His steps are slow and shuffling, but never does he falter Black bruises on his forehead declaring […]