{"product_id":"this-is-how-we-come-back","title":"This Is How We Come Back","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\u003eOne of a pair of lovers slices off his nipple on a dare. Both argue about enlightenment before it becomes too late, after retreating from the hostile world into a cave of wildly carnal fulfilment. Marrying mystical exploration and avant-garde homo-erotica, here is a prose-poem-as-fairy-tale in the modern day about the things few of us in love may see, insights about love and loss which pierce the amnesia of ordinary time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCyril Wong\u003c\/strong\u003e is a poet whose works “embrace themes of love, alienation and human relationships of all kinds” (\u003cem\u003eTIME\u003c\/em\u003e magazine, 28 Nov. 2007). His books include \u003cem\u003eBeachlight\u003c\/em\u003e (Seagull Books, 2023) and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/this-side-of-heaven\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis Side of Heaven\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (Epigram Books, 2020). A two-time recipient of the Singapore Literature Prize (2006 and 2016) and the National Arts Council’s Young Artist Award for Literature (2005), he completed his doctoral degree in English Literature at the National University of Singapore in 2012. His work was featured in \u003cem\u003ePoems on the Underground\u003c\/em\u003e in London (2022). His writings have appeared in journals like \u003cem\u003ePoetry International\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePoetry New Zealand\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAmbit\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAtlanta Review\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as in anthologies by W. W. Norton and Everyman’s Library.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Alkem","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53304506941737,"sku":"9789811882746","price":20.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/04.jpg?v=1782972296","url":"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/this-is-how-we-come-back","provider":"Epigram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}