Kill The Radio

By Dorothea Rosa Herliany

2001

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The Indonesian critic, Dami Toda, describes Herliany's writing as revealing "a struggle to understand human experience in all its reality - not as an ideal but as a fact that displays profound suffering and hurt, without, apparently, any hope of redemption." In her introduction to this book, the British poet Linda France "The energy and violence expressed in the title of this collection run through the work like a ruptured vein, fragile and vulnerable, but necessary for survival. Underneath this troubled surface, there is so much tenderness and openness, in shocking contrast to the 'Other', represented by the world of politics and war, that the speaker of the poems is aware she is in danger of annihilation." Another poet, Annie Kantar, is equally "Herliany's poetry is intent upon opposing personal and political oppression. She does not attempt to mend, her poetry does not offer a vision of a final Utopia. Instead, it takes the first step towards change by waking, inciting, shattering."

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Dorothea Rosa Herliany

Author · 6 books

Dorothea Rosa Herliany (lahir di Magelang, Jawa Tengah, 20 Oktober 1963) adalah seorang penulis dan penyair Indonesia. Setamat SMA Stella Duce di Yogyakarta, ia melanjutkan pendidikan ke Jurusan Sastra Indonesia, FPBS IKIP Sanata Dharma, Yogyakarta (kini Universitas Sanata Dharma) dan tamat dari sana tahun 1987. Ia mendirikan Forum Ritus Kata dan menerbitkan berkala budaya Kolong Budaya. Pernah pula membantu harian Sinar Harapan dan majalah Prospek di Jakarta. Kini ia mengelola penerbit IndonesiaTera di Magelang. Ia menulis sajak dan cerpen. Kumpulan sajaknya: Nyanyian Gaduh (1987), Matahari yang Mengalir (1990), Kepompong Sunyi (1993), Nikah Ilalang (1995), Mimpi Gugur Daun Zaitun (1999), dan Kill the Radio (Sebuah Radio, Kumatikan; edisi dwibahasa, 2001). Kumpulan cerpennya: Blencong (1995), Karikatur dan Sepotong Cinta (1996).