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Issue Details: First known date: 2020... 2020 Navigable Ink
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'Indonesian writer and activist Pramoedya Ananta Toer spent most of his adult life in jail, imprisoned first by colonial powers and later by Indonesian governments. In 1993 Jennifer Mackenzie received a copy of Toer's manuscript Arus Balik and the author's blessing to translate it into English. This was at a time when the author's now celebrated work was banned in Indonesia and he was under house arrest in Jakarta.

'Jennifer Mackenzie's own Navigable Ink is a rare poetic exploration of Toer's tragic, visionary and ultimately triumphant life. With skill, knowledge and sensitivity Mackenzie captures the beauty of Indonesia and Toer's fight to preserve its integrity and essence. Throughout our world his concerns for the environment, gender equality, free speech, non-discrimination and freedom are now more crucial than ever.' (Publication summary) 

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    • Yarraville, Footscray - Maribyrnong area, Melbourne - West, Melbourne, Victoria,: Transit Lounge , 2020 .
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      • Published 1 April 2020
      ISBN: 9781925760521

Works about this Work

Launch Speech for Jennifer Mackenzie's Navigable Ink Lucy Van , 2021 single work essay
— Appears in: Rabbit , no. 33 2021; (p. 138-140)
Claire Albrecht Reviews Jennifer Mackenzie’s Navigable Ink Claire Albrecht , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 May no. 101 2021;

— Review of Navigable Ink Jennifer Mackenzie , 2020 selected work poetry

'The blurb of Jennifer Mackenzie’s 2020 collection Navigable Ink (Transit Lounge) begins by introducing Indonesian writer and activist Pramoedya Ananta Toer, who died in 2006. Mackenzie had been offered Toer’s novel manuscript Arus Balik for translation back in 1993, but it seems this translation was never completed. Navigable Ink is described as a ‘poetic exploration of Toer’s tragic, visionary and ultimately triumphant life’. At first glance a reader could be forgiven for thinking that this is the translation of Arus Balik, but Mackenzie’s acknowledgements clarify that this is not the case, rather the poems ‘created out of episodes from the novel are based on my own translation (with interpolations) of the text’.' (Introduction)

Thesis, Antithesis and Synthesis : on Pramoedya Ananta Toer by Annee Lawrence Annee Lawrence , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: Mascara Literary Review , no. 26 2020-2021;

— Review of Navigable Ink Jennifer Mackenzie , 2020 selected work poetry

'Jennifer Mackenzie’s collection of poems Navigable Ink takes inspiration from, reveres and amplifies the life events, writings, reflections and concerns with history of the Indonesian author and activist, Pramoedya Ananta Toer (1925-2006). The idea of writing the poems emerged after Mackenzie was asked to translate Pramoedya’s Arus Balik (Cross-Currents) in 1993.' (Introduction)

Phillip Hall Reviews Navigable Ink by Jennifer Mackenzie Phillip Hall , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: Plumwood Mountain [Online] , September 2020;

— Review of Navigable Ink Jennifer Mackenzie , 2020 selected work poetry
Omnivorous and Fractal : Three New Poetry Collections James Jiang , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 423 2020; (p. 61-62)

— Review of Mount Sumptuous Aidan Coleman , 2020 selected work poetry ; Navigable Ink Jennifer Mackenzie , 2020 selected work poetry ; A Happening in Hades S. K. Kelen , 2020 selected work poetry
Omnivorous and Fractal : Three New Poetry Collections James Jiang , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 423 2020; (p. 61-62)

— Review of Mount Sumptuous Aidan Coleman , 2020 selected work poetry ; Navigable Ink Jennifer Mackenzie , 2020 selected work poetry ; A Happening in Hades S. K. Kelen , 2020 selected work poetry
Phillip Hall Reviews Navigable Ink by Jennifer Mackenzie Phillip Hall , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: Plumwood Mountain [Online] , September 2020;

— Review of Navigable Ink Jennifer Mackenzie , 2020 selected work poetry
Claire Albrecht Reviews Jennifer Mackenzie’s Navigable Ink Claire Albrecht , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 May no. 101 2021;

— Review of Navigable Ink Jennifer Mackenzie , 2020 selected work poetry

'The blurb of Jennifer Mackenzie’s 2020 collection Navigable Ink (Transit Lounge) begins by introducing Indonesian writer and activist Pramoedya Ananta Toer, who died in 2006. Mackenzie had been offered Toer’s novel manuscript Arus Balik for translation back in 1993, but it seems this translation was never completed. Navigable Ink is described as a ‘poetic exploration of Toer’s tragic, visionary and ultimately triumphant life’. At first glance a reader could be forgiven for thinking that this is the translation of Arus Balik, but Mackenzie’s acknowledgements clarify that this is not the case, rather the poems ‘created out of episodes from the novel are based on my own translation (with interpolations) of the text’.' (Introduction)

Thesis, Antithesis and Synthesis : on Pramoedya Ananta Toer by Annee Lawrence Annee Lawrence , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: Mascara Literary Review , no. 26 2020-2021;

— Review of Navigable Ink Jennifer Mackenzie , 2020 selected work poetry

'Jennifer Mackenzie’s collection of poems Navigable Ink takes inspiration from, reveres and amplifies the life events, writings, reflections and concerns with history of the Indonesian author and activist, Pramoedya Ananta Toer (1925-2006). The idea of writing the poems emerged after Mackenzie was asked to translate Pramoedya’s Arus Balik (Cross-Currents) in 1993.' (Introduction)

Launch Speech for Jennifer Mackenzie's Navigable Ink Lucy Van , 2021 single work essay
— Appears in: Rabbit , no. 33 2021; (p. 138-140)
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