Steep Tea
Published on 30. July 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
72 pages
978-1-84777-227-5 (ISBN)
Description
Singapore-born poet Jee Leong Koh's first book to be published in Great Britain is rich in detail of the worlds he explores and invents as he follows his desire for an unknown other, moving tentatively, passionately, always uncertain of himself. His language is colloquial, musical, aware of the infusion of various traditions and histories. 'You go where? / I'm going from the latterly to the litany, from writs to rites.' The poems share many of the harsh and enriching circumstances that shape the imagination of a postcolonial queer writer. Taking leaves from other poets -- Emilia Lanyer, Eavan Boland, Xunka' Utz'utz' Ni', Lee Tzu Pheng -- Koh creates a text that is distinctively his own.
Reviews / Votes
'The Singapore-born poet's first UK publication is disciplined yet adventurous in form, casual in tone and deeply personal in subject matter. Koh's verse addresses the split inheritance of his postcolonial upbringing , as well as the tension between an mmigr''s longing for home and rejection of nostalgia' The Financial Times 28.11.2015More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Carcanet Press Ltd
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 211 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
91 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84777-227-5 (9781847772275)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Algernon Charles Swinburne | Alex Wong
Selected Verse
E-Book
01/2015
Fyfield Books
€14.39
Available for download
Person
Jee Leong Koh is the author of Steep Tea (Carcanet), named a Best Book of the Year by UK's Financial Times and a Finalist by Lambda Literary in the USA. His hybrid work of fiction, Snow at 5 PM: Translations of an insignificant Japanese poet, won the Singapore Literature Prize in English fiction. He was also shortlisted for the prize for The Pillow Book (Math Paper Press/Awai Books), Connor and Seal (Sibling Rivalry), Sample and Loop (Bench Press), and Inspector Inspector (Carcanet). Koh's work has been translated into Japanese, Chinese, Malay, Vietnamese, Russian, and Latvian. Originally from Singapore, Koh lives in New York City, where he heads the literary non-profit Singapore Unbound.