Today is the official publication day for my travel memoir, Stealing With the Eyes: Imaginings and Incantations in Indonesia. I always feel both excited and a little apprehensive to see a new book make its way into the world. I’ve heard via the grape-vine that there are a few reviews coming out here and there, but for the time being, I’ll just leave you with this from the wonderful Tim Hannigan, who knows as much about Indonesia as anybody writing in English:

A beautifully written evocation of a journey into the village communities of eastern Indonesia, and a remarkable meditation on the uneasy business of travelling to foreign lands in search of stories…Tim Hannigan, author of Journey Through Indonesia: An Unforgettable Journey from Sumatra to Papua