{"product_id":"sudden-in-youth-new-and-selected-poems-pos","title":"Sudden In Youth: New and Selected Poems","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\u003e\u003cem\u003eSudden in Youth: New and Selected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e brings together the best of ten years of Felix Cheong's poetry, as well as his recent writings. Sucking up the marrow of his life, from crisis of faith to divorce, from fatherhood to being, yes, tattooed. Voices of killers and prostitutes. Poems at once intensely personal and universal about love, God and things that matter to the heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFelix Cheong\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a well-known figure in the Singapore literary scene and the author of eight books, including four volumes of poetry (\u003cem\u003eI Watch The Stars Go Out\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSudden In Youth\u003c\/em\u003e) and two young adult novels. His third poetry collection, Broken by the Rain (2003), was shortlisted for the Singapore Literature Prize and his collection of short stories,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eVanishing Point\u003c\/em\u003e, was long-listed for the prestigious Frank O’Connor Award in 2013. His work has been widely published in journals, anthologized and featured on radio and TV. Felix has been invited to writers’ festivals all over the world, including Edinburgh, West Cork, Sydney, Christchurch and Hong Kong. Recently, he has also published satirical flash fiction in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSingapore Siu Dai\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSingapore Siu Dai 2\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 2000, he was conferred the Young Artist of the Year Award by the National Arts Council. Felix holds a master’s degree in creative writing from the University of Queensland and is currently an adjunct lecturer with Murdoch University, University of Newcastle, LASALLE College of the Arts and Temasek Polytechnic.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Ethos Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21321802350705,"sku":"9789810834128","price":16.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/sudden-in-youth.jpg?v=1598869871","url":"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/sudden-in-youth-new-and-selected-poems-pos","provider":"Epigram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}