Yong Shu Hoong Singapore

Bio
Shu Hoong has published three books of poetry: Isaac (1997), dowhile (2002) and Frottage (2005), which won the Singapore Literature Prize in 2006. His fourth collection of poems, From within the Marrow, is slated for publication in end-2009. His poems have been included in literary journals and anthologies like Language for a New Century: Contemporary Poetry from the Middle East, Asia, and Beyond (W. W. Norton, 2008). His writings have also appeared in The Straits Times and South China Morning Post. 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.


What book would you like to snuggle under covers with, and why?
"I would like to snuggle under the covers with all the poetry books of Jack Gilbert, my favourite American poet who hails from Pittsburgh. When I am in need of inspiration, or just simply reminders of what good spine-tingling poetry is, it is Gilbert whom I turn to again and again."

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