简介：In1996,politicalsituationinIndonesiaheatedup.AturmoilinvolvingPartaiRakyatDemokratik(PRD)–DemocraticPeopleParty–opposedauthoritarianSoeharto’sregime.Inaftermathofit,activistsandsupportersofthemovementwerehunteddowntobesilencedandwipedofffromthehistory(possiblybekilledintheprocess). WijiThukul,avocalanti-govtpoetandanactivist,wasaccusedastheresponsibleoneformobilizingthemassespriortotheturmoil.Asafugitive(ofawarbetweenpeopleandgovt),WijifledtoPontianak,Borneo–almostathousandkilometersawayfromhisfamilyandhometowninSolo,Java–byhimself.Awearypoetisontherunbyhimself;inexile,hecoalesceswithsolitudeinYosepAnggiNoen’sSolo,Solitude(a.k.a.IstirahatlahKata-Kata).…