30 Oct 2022

Napier poet Jeremy Roberts looks back on life in Indonesia

From Standing Room Only, 2:26 pm on 30 October 2022
Jeremy Roberts

Jeremy Roberts Photo: supplied

Jeremy Roberts

Jeremy Roberts Photo: supplied

 

The Dark Cracks of Kemang - The Bajai Boys in Indonesia is the enticing title of a memoir by Napier-based poet Jeremy Roberts.

The book concentrates on his and his friends' years in Indonesia, where Jeremy worked as an English language teacher and performance poet a decade ago.

It's full to overflowing with poems he wrote during what proved to be a heady time in his life.

Jeremy's life is pretty busy now too. 

He tells Lynn Freeman he's now a poetry editor and reviewer, he interviews poets on Radio Kidnappers and he's an MC at Napier Live Poets.

Jeremy Roberts' book The Dark Cracks of Kemang - The Bajai Boys in Indonesia is published by Interactive Press.

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