{"product_id":"standing-in-the-corner","title":"Standing in the Corner","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\u003eDoes the word “childhood” call up mushy sentiments and nostalgic memories where time has given a rosy glow to what has long gone?\u003cbr\u003e This collection presents a different side to Singapore’s award-winning poet who sets out to recall a real childhood, where children are not the little innocents people think all children are, and growing up is full of hazards, not the least of which is the author herself, recalling some of her experiences growing up in the 1950s.\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 is one of Singapore’s distinguished poets.\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.6667px;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eA retired university lecturer, she has published in anthologies and journals internationally.\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.6667px;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eHer three volumes of poetry, \u003cem\u003eProspect of a Drowning\u003c\/em\u003e (1980), \u003cem\u003eAgainst the Next Wave\u003c\/em\u003e (1988) and \u003cem\u003eThe Brink of an Amen\u003c\/em\u003e (1991), have won awards given out by the National Book Development Council of Singapore (NBDCS).\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.6667px;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\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\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Pansing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32123252342897,"sku":"9789814189521","price":18.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/Standing_In_The_Corner_Poems_From_A_Real_Childhood_by_Anne_Lee_Tzu_Pheng_00.jpg?v=1602762714","url":"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/standing-in-the-corner","provider":"Epigram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}