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Right of the Soil

By: Yong Shu Hoong

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The Latin phrase, jus soli (“right of the soil”), is an unconditional right of a person born within the territory of a country to be conferred citizenship. Singapore’s nationality law is based on jus sanguinis (“right of blood”, in which citizenship is determined by that of one or both parents) and a modified form of jus soli (with at least one Singaporean parent). A two-time Singapore Literature Prize winner, Yong Shu Hoong contemplates how a person is invariably bound to the land on which he first sets foot. These poems address topics like belongingness and birthright by exploring the intermingling of the four fundamental elements of air, water, fire and earth. Expanded from a 2016 chapbook published a year after the 50th anniversary of Singapore’s independence, this book also attempts to sharpen Yong’s understanding of his relationship with his homeland. A new sequence of poems then plunges readers into Hell, reimagined as Singapore’s third integrated resort that opens underground in the centennial year of 2065, with its concepts inspired by Haw Par Villa’s main attraction, the 10 Courts of Hell. Beyond our earthly lives, is it soil – or another element or dimension – that will assert its right to claim us? Shortlisted for the Singapore Literature Prize for Poetry 2020

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9811432538

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The Viewing Party

By: Yong Shu Hoong

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The Viewing Party

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Singapore Literature Prize winner Yong Shu Hoong’s latest book features more than just poetry. There is also a ghostly tale at its core, complete with prose poems and micro fiction of exactly 100 words each, as well as annotated excerpts from an abandoned work. In this viewing party, readers are invited to take a peek into the domain of death and cinema. You are part of a mob of dispassionate onlookers. Sometimes, you get to play the voyeuristic judge. Winner of the 2014 Singapore Literature Prize for English Poetry “There’s a warm easiness to Yong’s voice that’s balanced by a sharpness of insight. He cuts through the layers of familial and social habit to the unseen images and urges that give the mundane the sheen of the numinous. If the book is a viewing party, Yong is a genial and attentive host, inviting us in to absorbing scenes of everyday curiosity and surprise.” -Jen Crawford, Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Creative Writing Programme at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

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981142621X

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9789811426216

Lost Bodies: Poems between Portugal and Home

By: Heng Siok Tian,Phan Ming Yen,Yong Shu Hoong,Yeow Kai Chai

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Lost Bodies: Poems between Portugal and Home

By: Heng Siok Tian,Phan Ming Yen,Yong Shu Hoong,Yeow Kai Chai

Four writers. Three travelling in Portugal. One staying behind to care for his ailing mother. One long-distance writing affair. The passing of the mother together with memories of other losses and absences come together in Lost Bodies, a meditation on the transience of time and love and an invitation to get away—physically or spiritually—from worldly concerns to explore a different history, a different culture, a different light, laced with dreamy scents and the faint calls of fado.

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9811432597

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Coastlands

By: Aaron Lee Soon Yong

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Coastlands

By: Aaron Lee Soon Yong

Tell me again where home is, where inhabit all the holy hours, where someday you will find me. - from "Time Lapse" Coastlands is Aaron Lee's third collection of poetry. Whether in a small town or frenetic city, the poet has never lived far from the sea. This book documents his life experience as a pilgrim still finding his place in the wider world. In these fifty poems he recollects, explores, embraces and anticipates what is lost and found in each of the places he calls home: Malaysia, Singapore and Hawaii. Everywhere, natural and urban landscapes anchor and influence his identity and connect him to humanity. In ancient writings "coastlands" means the far reaches of the earth--places accessible only by crossing oceans of unknown magnitude. Truly, life is a voyage from which the traveller never returns. "Coastlands is shaped and driven by an esemplastic power and a persuasive, lyrical flow. These poems possess a notable immediacy, profound resonance and imaginative unity. By sharing the poet's meditative and philosophical explorations, the reader is enriched in the best possible way." - Edwin Thumboo

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981141212X

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Lost Bodies: Poems between Portugal and Home

By: Heng Siok Tian,Phan Ming Yen,Yong Shu Hoong,Yeow Kai Chai

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Right of the Soil

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The Viewing Party

Lost Bodies: Poems between Portugal and Home

Lost Bodies: Poems between Portugal and Home

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Lost Bodies: Poems between Portugal and Home

Lost Bodies: Poems between Portugal and Home

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