Kill the Radio
Poems by Dorothea Rosa Herliany, translated by Harry Aveling and published by Arc Publications in its Visible Poets series in 2007.
Kill the Radio is a collection of poems by the Indonesian poet Dorothea Rosa Herliany, translated by Harry Aveling and published by Arc Publications in 2007 as part of its Visible Poets series. Its Indonesian title is Sebuah radio, kumatikan. Dee Lestari calls Herliany one of the most prominent Indonesian female poets and notes a debate over how freely Aveling translated her work. The edition runs to 140 pages.
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Dee Lestari
Instead of merely translating, Harry was giving another breath into Dorothea’s poems. And I enjoy the result.
Interview · April 2019
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