Cheryl Julia Lee (b. 1991)

1. BIOGRAPHY & SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

2. CRITICAL INTRODUCTION

3. SELECTED POEMS

• We Were Always Eating Expired Things

• This House Stands Divided

• How We Make Love

• Ireland

• Have you heard the tongues of the waves

BIOGRAPHY

Cheryl Julia Lee is an assistant professor with the English programme at Nanyang Technological University where she is also co-coordinator of the Singapore Studies Research Cluster. Her research interests include Singaporean literature and culture, with a focus on science and technology. Her debut poetry collection, We Were Always Eating Expired Things, was published in 2014 and nominated for the Singapore Literature Prize. Her other creative work can be found in QLRS, Icarus, and Prick of the Spindle, among others.

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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS 

Poetry

2014 – We Were Always Eating Expired Things. Singapore: Math Paper Press.

Editorial

2015 – A Luxury We Cannot Afford. Eds. Cheryl Julia Lee, Joshua Ip, and Christine Chia. Singapore: Math Paper Press.

2016 – A Luxury We Must Afford. Eds. Cheryl Julia Lee, Joshua Ip, and Christine Chia. Singapore: Math Paper Press.

2024 – The Routledge Companion to Literature and Art. Eds. Neil Murphy, Neil, W. Michelle Wang, and Cheryl Julia Lee. New York: Routledge.

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