{"product_id":"catching-connections","title":"Catching Connections","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Poet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe fifth volume of poetry by one of Singapore’s most distinguished poets carries in addition several hybrid pieces that the author calls prosexcursions, and short fiction with a Catholic flavour, crucifictions. Known for the strongly spiritual nature of her writing which nonetheless achieves a universal appeal, Lee’s quiet humour balances the critical irony associated with her approach to her subjects, and is applied in this collection to contemporary preoccupations with cyberspeak and the social media, taking the author into new and fascinating areas of human communication.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnne Lee Tzu Pheng\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is one of Singapore’s distinguished poets.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA retired university lecturer, she has published in anthologies and journals internationally.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHer three volumes of poetry, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eProspect of a Drowning\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1980), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAgainst the Next Wave\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1988) and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Brink of an Amen\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1991), have won awards given out by the National Book Development Council of Singapore (NBDCS).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe is also a recipient of the Cultural Medallion for literature (1985), and other awards such as the Southeast Asia WRITE Award (1987), Gabriela Mistral Award (Chile, 1995) and the Montblanc-NUS Centre for the Arts Literary Award for English poetry (1996).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Pansing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32123097448561,"sku":"9789814189422","price":13.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/catching-connecitons-anne-lee-tzu-pheng-00.jpg?v=1602758151","url":"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/catching-connections","provider":"Epigram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}