Oleh Muhammad Amin
Sampai saat tanah moyangku
tersentuh sebuah rencana dari serakahnya kota
terlihat murung wajah pribumi
terdengar langkah hewan bernyanyi
Itulah sebait syair dari lagu “Ujung Aspal Pondok Gede” yang dilantunkan penyanyi kawakan Iwan Fals. Nyanyian itu merupakan satu dari suara kegetiran orang-orang Betawi, penduduk asli Jakarta yang perlahan mulai terpinggirkan oleh modernisasi. Kawasan Pondok Gede sendiri kini sudah [...]
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Betawi versus Modernisasi
My Jakarta (Interview@JakartaGlobe)
Ratih Kumala is a Jakartan, first by birth and then by marriage. Born in the city 28 years ago, the writer-cum-editor moved to Palembang, South Sumatra Province, when she was in the fifth grade. She lived there for three years before her family took her to Solo, Central Java Province, where she eventually married writer [...]
Young writers test the limits of teenlit
Daniel Rose, Contributor, Jakarta | The Jakarta Post, 05/11/2008
A man who works in marketing and rarely reads fiction said that whenever he heard the word “writer”, the first thing that crossed his mind was eccentricity.
His definition of “eccentricity” is introverted and quiet on one hand; extroverted and rebellious on the other. In short, he [...]
Generasi Dunia Maya Tercermin di Novel
Karya-karya novel para pengarang muda sekarang cenderung menyajikan loncatan-loncatan ruang dan waktu yang liar. Novel Tabula Rasa karya pengarang muda Ratih Kumala misalnya, tak segan-segan menyuguhkan perasaan asing kepada pembaca dalam kerangka kosmolitisme, seperti yang lumrah ditemukan dalam novel Ayu Utami dan Dewi Lestari.
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