CAT Mentioned in Utne Magazine

Loss in Translation: America’s view of the world is fogged by a shortage of literary works from other cultures — by Anjula Razdan from Utne magazine, May / June 2003 Issue

Ask most Americans what life is like for a person in, say, Indonesia, and you’re likely to be met with a blank stare. Sure, they might be able to rattle off a few details from a recent National Geographic article or offer some thoughts about the ongoing skirmish with East Timor, but when it comes to the inner life of a typical Indonesian—her hopes and fears, her stories—most of us are simply at a loss. And, unfortunately, reveals Aviya Kushner in the literary magazine Poets & Writers (Nov./Dec. 2002), even browsing the local bookstore for a novel or memoirs that might provide a glimpse of Indonesians’ lives won’t turn up much...

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last update: July 10, 2004