{"product_id":"short-circuits","title":"Short Circuits","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection of occasional reflections is a first by one of Singapore’s most distinguished poets. Exploring how her spiritual life has sustained and clarified her writing, and vice versa, these very personal views and insights witness the power of the Word in shaping the inner life and impacting others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLee affirms the roots of her own literary formation by drawing on vivid memories of pleasurable experiences as reader, and assesses some of the common misconceptions that make people avoid poetry. Central to the explorations is the link the poet sees between what words embody, and the universal search for love.\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":32123240120433,"sku":"9789814189415","price":18.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/short-circuits-anne-lee-tzu-pheng-00.jpg?v=1602762201","url":"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/short-circuits","provider":"Epigram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}