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This novel was published in 2009 by Pink Ink, after getting rejected by a much more established Indonesian publishing company. Actually, the latter had agreed to publish it, on the […]
Author Archives: BEKABULUH
In the Heart of a Home
BEKABULUH’s entry for this week’s WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge: Culture The old man likes to sit by the fire. A soot-covered kettle is perched on a carved stone, inside which […]
How to Be a Celebrity in Kepek (2)
For those who haven’t read the first installment of How to Be a Celebrity in Kepek (and aren’t moved to click that link either), allow me to explain. Kepek is a […]
Two Wooden Houses
This short story, originally written in Indonesian by Labodalih Sembiring, was translated by the author and co-edited with Megan Ryan. This is its first publication in any language. * The […]
Let’s Write a Travel Article
I promised my students in Creative Writing B that I would make this post. I don’t have a very long experience in travel writing, nor have I traveled to all […]
Let’s Write a Food Review
Last Monday, my Creative Writing A students presented the proposed topics for their final assignment, which is to write a feature article. From all the possible themes available, many of […]
Start Small: Spiral Herb Garden
“By means of gravity and its form, the spiral allows for individualized management of wind and water flow to create the ideal garden of a widely diverse number of plants […]
How to Be A Celebrity in Kepek (1)
There was a high level of merriment in the air. A group of around 30 villagers gathered in a rice field by a teak forest in Kepek, a small village […]
7 Things to Do in Karimunjawa
The group of over 30 islands has been attracting travelers looking for an escape from Java’s busiest cities such as Jakarta, Bandung, Yogyakarta, and, closest from it, Semarang. Not as […]
Permablitz Jogja #3: Inspired by Nature
On the night before Permablitz Jogja #3 took off, some members of the troop watched an animated feature film titled The Secret of Kells. Set around medieval Christian time when the […]
