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From within the Marrow
Time, passing, can be nothing more than a single straight line. But Yong Shu Hoong's fourth collection of poems laces the notion of time elapsed and memories gained with nostalgia, humour and a renewed curiosity at things made strange by distance.
- GenresPoetry
54 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2010
About the author
Yong Shu Hoong
24 books6 followersYong Shu Hoong has published four books of poetry: Isaac (1997),do-while(2002), Frottage (2005), which won the 2006 Singapore Literature Prize, and From within the Marrow (2010).
His poems have been included in literary journals like Quarterly Literary Review Singapore and Asia Literary Review (Hong Kong), as well as anthologies likeLanguage for a New Century: Contemporary Poetry from the Middle East, Asia, and Beyond (W.W. Norton, 2008). His short story, ‘The Handover’, was featured in the National Library Board’s reading initiative, Read! Singapore, in 2012.
He has been invited to read at literary festivals and events in Malaysia, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Australia, England, Ireland, Denmark, Sweden and the United States. From August 2013 to February 2014, he is a writer-in-residence at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
As a freelance journalist, he has written articles for publications likeThe Straits Times (Singapore), South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) and Esquire Singapore. From 2008 to 2013, he reviewed films for the English section of the bilingual freesheet, My Paper (Singapore).
His poems have been included in literary journals like Quarterly Literary Review Singapore and Asia Literary Review (Hong Kong), as well as anthologies likeLanguage for a New Century: Contemporary Poetry from the Middle East, Asia, and Beyond (W.W. Norton, 2008). His short story, ‘The Handover’, was featured in the National Library Board’s reading initiative, Read! Singapore, in 2012.
He has been invited to read at literary festivals and events in Malaysia, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Australia, England, Ireland, Denmark, Sweden and the United States. From August 2013 to February 2014, he is a writer-in-residence at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
As a freelance journalist, he has written articles for publications likeThe Straits Times (Singapore), South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) and Esquire Singapore. From 2008 to 2013, he reviewed films for the English section of the bilingual freesheet, My Paper (Singapore).
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