I will be moderating An Afternoon with Malaysian Writers & Storytellers at the newly opened MPH at TRX on Sunday, June 16th. Hope to see you there! @PenguinBooksSEA
Prosa sebagai doa. Zine esei Azrin Fauzi dan Dano Chow tentang sasterawan agung Norway, Jon Fosse.
Doa-doa tanpa batasan, menyusur dalam kesedaran yang tak berhala.
Sesi hasutan kenapa harus baca Jon Fosse, pemenang Nobel kesusasteraan tahun ini, bersama Azrin Fauzi dan Dano Chow di kedai buku Riwayat. Kalau rumah terbakar, Azrin akan selamatkan Septology dulu dan Dano paling suka Melancholy. Baik, tahun depan saya baca 🫡
@wanorazriq Yes, the effort should be to acknowledge history and not glorify it, but also to avoid setting one unchangeable identity in stone. I feel we might be too close to the unfolding of Malaysian literature to define it properly.
Great session. It is apparent we need not stress about defining a Malaysian literature, as our historicities and cultures stretch farther back than the 65 years since Merdeka. Good writing should allow space for reimagining the nation state and its people.