Norman Erikson Pasaribu on Sergius Seeks Bacchus - with Tiffany Tsao

Norman Erikson Pasaribu is one of Indonesia’s most vital and irresistible new writers, and we are thrilled to host him to discuss his poetry collection Sergius Seeks Bacchus. 

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Norman will be in conversation with author Tiffany Tsao, the translator of this remarkable collection.

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Norman Erikson Pasaribu is a poet distinguished by his tender, tragicomic voice. Drawing on the experiences of fellow members of the queer community and especially on the poet’s life as a writer of Bataknese descent and Christian background, the collection furnishes readers with an alternative gospel, a book of bittersweet good news pieced together from the poet’s encounters with ridicule, persecution, loneliness, and also happiness.

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