If I was already blushing like a sakura when I untied my yukata, I am sure my face was as red as a freshly sliced tuna sashimi when I turned around and faced the breasts of a stranger. They were round with a narrow valley between them… Read More
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Two Months of Breathing Books
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Gaijin Penjual Buku Terakhir
Jika bukan karena toko buku, Dominic Jason Ward mungkin akan menghabiskan hari tuanya di pantai-pantai tropis dengan botol bir di tangan dan lagu-lagu Bob Marley yang diputar tanpa henti saat matahari terbit, matahari tinggi, matahari terbenam, bulan terang, dan bulan mati. Namun, lima belas tahun… Read More
Menyeberangi Danau yang Entah Dalam, Entah Tidak
Saat penulis Jhumpa Lahiri memutuskan pindah ke Italia, lalu menghabiskan setahun berbicara dan menulis hanya dalam bahasa Italia, tentu bukan semata karena kecintaannya akan bahasa baru itu. Bahasa Italia, untuknya, bukan bahasa yang harus dikuasai. Karenanya ia menarik, dan membebaskan. Berbeda dengan bahasa Bengali yang… Read More
A Letter for Toru
Dear Toru, I didn’t think of beauty when I first saw sakura in full bloom. I thought of you instead. We were shivering in our sweaters, unprepared for the biting cold of early spring in Tokyo and exhausted after a long train ride in the… Read More
Dari Sisi Ibu yang Memilah Kartu
Kartu-kartu nama itu ia tumpahkan di meja lipat di depan bangku kereta. Perlahan si ibu tua memilah dan mengelompokkannya; kartu potongan harga, kartu anggota toko kelontong, kartu anggota klab senam, kartu nama orang-orang, kartu nama tukang ledeng, toko perkakas, dan entah. Ada kartu dengan gambar… Read More
The Mad Ones: Seumpama Books
We first met Seumpama Books at the 2015 Christmas Bazaar at 1/15 Coffee and thought they were completely mad. They have to be, why else would someone start a book studio in Jakarta when the space for books in bookstores across the city is shrinking,… Read More
Two Months of Breathing Books
Teddy and I breathe books. We make sense of the world through stories, we travel because of books, and the best friendships in our lives are intertwined by reading. POST, our independent bookshop in Pasar Santa, is a way for us to bring together our love… Read More
Tahun dengan Corat-Coret di Dinding Kamar, Mungkin.
Maesy dan saya belakangan punya kebiasaan baru. Satu atau dua kali seminggu kami memulai hari di sebuah kedai kopi di wilayah selatan Jakarta. Sebelum jam tujuh kami sudah mandi bersih dan berangkat. Saat kami datang, kedai masih sepi. Barista kerap terlihat masih mengantuk. Suatu kali… Read More
Yodakin, the Bookshop That is No More
What happens after a bookshop closed it door for the last time? Were there eulogies and marches, or did it disappear without a sound? Are they well remembered, are they loved? Did they matter at all? * On the first week of October 2015, I… Read More
