![]() It just so happens to have to be there to write this Indigenous story. I mean, my approach was never to be like, I'm going to write a book about intergenerational trauma. We carry the pain and the atrocities committed against our ancestors. Morgan Talty: Yeah, it's there in ways that we can see, in ways that we cannot see. It's a key theme that runs through “Night of the Living Rez.” What was it like to write about that? Julia Furukawa: Yeah, that makes me think, so, intergenerational trauma. Morgan Talty: I'd love for readers to, when they put the book down, to feel a greater sense of compassion and empathy, working with and loving people in their lives who may be very difficult. ![]() Julia Furukawa: And what do you want readers to take away from your novel? And so I drew on those to help sort of create this world for these characters. I think the characters themselves aren't necessarily representations of specific people, but the experiences they have and their relationships to themes of substance abuse, addiction, loss, all of those things I have personal stakes in. Julia Furukawa: And is that where you maybe drew some of the inspiration for your characters through your lived experience? And it's my understanding you grew up on the Penobscot Reservation. Julia Furukawa: Morgan, you yourself are a citizen of the Penobscot Indian Nation. Below is a transcript of their conversation. He spoke with host Julia Furukawa on All Things Considered about his debut novel. Morgan Talty is a citizen of the Penobscot Indian Nation, where he grew up. The book is a collection of stories by author Morgan Talty that center around one character and his life on the Penobscot Indian Reservation in Maine. ![]() “Night of the Living Rez” is one of five books that are finalists for the award in fiction. Serving Indonesia had always been my raison d être, and to have my efforts, idealism and hopes, trivialized this way, instantly brought out my fangs.The New England Book Awards are coming up with final ballots due next week. The fact that all the struggle and blood-sweat-and-tears sacrifices that I and so many others have made to democratize Indonesia, were knocked down like a house of cards, was devastating. I lived for 32 years under the authoritarian New Order (1966-1998), and 25 years in the Reform Era (1998-). Ambassador! – maybe I should have been more diplomatic.Īt the same time, I think my reaction was understandable. “Your comment is masculinist-patriarchal, condescending-patronizing, superficial-simplistic and indicates you don't have much knowledge about Indonesian democracy, even after almost X years here!”, I lashed out at him on WhatsApp. Given the rawness of my emotions, that was all the trigger I needed. I shared my feelings with a few friends, including a Western European ambassador who blithely responded, “Don’t be sad. 14, when in the afternoon this became a reality, indeed, a nightmare, I sank into a deep depression. Early this month, a survey conducted by Indikator Politik Indonesia projected that the former general and the 36-year-old incumbent President’s son would win over 50 percent of the vote in a single round of voting. 2 Prabowo Subianto and his running mate Gibran Rakabuming Raka winning. Days before the Feb 14 election, I already felt extremely tense and anxious about the prospect of presidential candidate No.
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