Sipit
Yosephine Salima collection of poems and collages
Sipit arrives like a knock from North Jakarta, a reminder that poetry and stories from this region are scarce, yet deeply longed for. The book opens a space for those who have lived in-between, shaped by multiple identities and never fully fitting into any single box. Beyond questions of identity, Yosephine’s poems confront class inequality, the exhaustion of Jakarta’s working class, struggles with faith, anger, and the intimate tensions of family life. Mirroring the rhythm of Keluar and Masuk, the book unfolds as a journey: first outward, into the pulse of the streets, then inward, toward reflection of oneself and grief.
IDR 186.000
Author: Yosephine Salim
Editor: Fransisca Angela
Foreword: Maesy Ang
Design: Cleo TSW
Language: Bahasa Indonesia
Offset, 80pp, 13 x 20cm
ISBN: 978-90-8365970-1
Printed in Jakarta, Indonesia
Order (Indonesia)
Also available at:
Jakarta: POST Bookshop, Margin Library & Third Space, Kios Ojo Keos, Taksu Cafe
Yogyakarta: TOS! Art Bookshop & Library
Yosephine Salim was born and raised in Pluit, North Jakarta, an area with strong Chinese cultural influences. She grew up in a house that doubled as a mess for her mother's catering business. Yosephine is a writer and family financial planner. Sipit is her first book of poetry and collage.