Eileen Chong
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Eileen Chong is a contemporary Australian poet.
, Singapore, and obtained her Diploma in Education at National Institute of Education, Singapore. She taught English and Literature from 2004 to 2006 before moving to Sydney, Australia in 2007.
Eileen worked under novelist Sue Woolfe
, screenwriter Ian David as well as poet Judith Beveridge
when studying for a Master in Letters at Sydney University. In 2009, Eileen started to write poetry in earnest, publishing her first poem 'Lu Xun, your hands' in Meanjin Volume 69 Issue 1 (February 2010). Her poetry has since been published in numerous journals such as Overland
, HEAT
, Island Magazine, The Australian Book Review
, as well as The Best Australian Poems 2010.
Eileen is an Australian Poetry Fellow for 2010-2011. The poet Anthony Lawrence
is her mentor. She is currently pursuing a Doctorate in Creative Arts at the Writing and Research Society Group, University of Western Sydney
, working with the critic and publisher Ivor Indyk
and the poet and musician Kate Fagan.
Her first collection of poetry, Burning Rice, will be published in March 2012 as part of the New Voices Series by Australian Poetry.
Podcast of interview can be streamed online at http://www.cpod.org.au/feed.php?id=308 (Last accessed 25 July 2011),
or downloaded at http://www.cpod.org.au/download.php/6673.mp3
Biography
Eileen Chong was born in 1980 in Singapore. She majored in Linguistics and Literature at Nanyang Technological UniversityNanyang Technological University
Nanyang Technological University is one of the two largest public universities in Singapore with the biggest campus in Singapore and the world's largest engineering college. Its lush 200-hectare Yunnan Garden campus was the Youth Olympic Village of the world's first 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in...
, Singapore, and obtained her Diploma in Education at National Institute of Education, Singapore. She taught English and Literature from 2004 to 2006 before moving to Sydney, Australia in 2007.
Eileen worked under novelist Sue Woolfe
Sue Woolfe
Sue Woolfe is an Australian author, teacher, scriptwriter, editor and documentary film-maker.Woolfe was raised in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney and completed tertiary studies at the University of Sydney and the University of New England. Her first novel Painted Woman was runner-up in the ABC...
, screenwriter Ian David as well as poet Judith Beveridge
Judith Beveridge
Judith Beveridge is a contemporary Australian poet, editor and academic.-Biography:Judith Beveridge was born in London, England, arriving in Australia with her parents in 1960. Completing a BA at UTS she has worked in libraries, teaching, as a researcher and in environmental regeneration...
when studying for a Master in Letters at Sydney University. In 2009, Eileen started to write poetry in earnest, publishing her first poem 'Lu Xun, your hands' in Meanjin Volume 69 Issue 1 (February 2010). Her poetry has since been published in numerous journals such as Overland
Overland (literary journal)
Overland is an Australian literary and cultural journal. It was founded in 1954, under the auspices of the Realist Writers Group in Melbourne, Australia, with Stephen Murray-Smith being the first editor. The current editor is Jeff Sparrow. The journal has a left-wing orientation.- External links :*...
, HEAT
HEAT (magazine)
HEAT was an international Australian literary magazine published by Giramondo Publishing and the University of Western Sydney.- History :...
, Island Magazine, The Australian Book Review
Australian Book Review
Australian Book Review is Australia's leading literary review. Created in 1961 the ABR is an independent non-profit organisation that publishes articles, reviews, commentaries, essays, and new writing...
, as well as The Best Australian Poems 2010.
Eileen is an Australian Poetry Fellow for 2010-2011. The poet Anthony Lawrence
Anthony Lawrence
-Biography:Born in Tamworth, New South Wales, Anthony Lawrence left school at 16, and has worked variously as a jackeroo, fisherman, teacher and writer. Lawrence has received a number of Australia Council for the Arts Literature Board Grants and has won numerous awards for his poetry, including the...
is her mentor. She is currently pursuing a Doctorate in Creative Arts at the Writing and Research Society Group, University of Western Sydney
University of Western Sydney
The University of Western Sydney, also known as UWS, is a multi-campus university in the Greater Western region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
, working with the critic and publisher Ivor Indyk
Ivor Indyk
Ivor Indyk is an Australian literary academic, editor and publisher. He is a professor at the University of Western Sydney, and the founding editor and publisher of award-winning literary imprint Giramondo Publishing and HEAT magazine....
and the poet and musician Kate Fagan.
Her first collection of poetry, Burning Rice, will be published in March 2012 as part of the New Voices Series by Australian Poetry.
Publications
- 'The Library of Names' (poem on website). The Red Room CompanyThe Red Room CompanyThe Red Room Company is a non-profit organisation based in Sydney, Australia. Its aim is to "create, promote and distribute poetry by new and emerging Australian writers to the public in unusual ways." It was established by Johanna Featherstone in 2002, emerging from the Red Room Radio Show, which...
. 2011. Archived at: http://redroomcompany.org/poem/eileen-chong/library-names/ (Last accessed 14 August 2011).
- 'Elementary Chinese' (poem in newspaper). Feneley, Rick (ed.). The Sun-Herald. 29 May 2011. Fairfax Media, Sydney, Australia. Archived at: http://redroomcompany.org/poem/eileen-chong/elementary-chinese/ (Last accessed 14 August 2011).
- 'When In Rome' and 'What Winogrand Said' (poems in journal). Cahill, Michelle and Boey, Kim Cheng et al. (eds.). Mascara Literary Review, Issue 9 (May 2011): http://mascarareview.com/article/304/Eileen_Chong/
- 'The Poem in My Lap' (essay on website). Amy, Victoria (publications manager). Sotto Voce, June 2011. Australian Poetry Limited, Victoria, Australia. Archived at: http://www.australianpoetry.org/blog/2011/06/03/poem-lap/. (Last accessed 25 July 2011).
- 'Map-making' (poem in journal). Boulanger-Mashberg, Anica and Kanowski, Sarah (eds.). Island Magazine, Issue 124, Autumn 2011. University of Tasmania Publishing, Tasmania, Australia.
- 'Winter Meeting' (poem in journal). Cunningham, Sophie (ed.). Meanjin Quarterly, Volume 70 Issue 1 (February 2011). Melbourne University Publishing, Victoria, Australia.
- 'After Pintauro' (poem in magazine). Rose, Peter (ed.). Australian Book Review, No. 327 (2010–2011).
- 'My Father's Lesson' and 'Night Swimming' (poems in online journal). Ellis, Philip A. (ed.). Australian Reader. 26 December 2010. Archived at http://australianreader.com/index.php?section=authors&authorID=1209 (Last accessed 25 July 2011).
- 'Tank Man' (poem in journal). Sparrow, Jeff (ed.). Overland Literary Journal (November 2010). O L Society Limited, Victoria, Australia.
- 'Lu Xun, your hands' (poem in anthology). Adamson, Robert (ed.). The Best Australian Poems 2010. November 2010. Black Inc. Publishing, Victoria, Australia.
- 'Five Love Poems' (poem in journal). Indyk, Ivor (ed.). HEAT 23, September 2010. Giramondo Publishing, New South Wales, Australia.
- 'Spring Rain', 'Bath-house Ritual', 'My Hakka Grandmother' and 'Returning to Wang Wei' (poems in journal). Low, Eric et al. (eds.). SOFTBLOW, August 2010 issue. Archived at: http://www.softblow.org/eileenchong.html (Last accessed 23 Sep 2010).
- 'Lu Xun, Your Hands' (poem in journal). Cunningham, Sophie (ed.). Meanjin Quarterly, Volume 69 Issue 1 (February 2010). Melbourne University Publishing, Victoria, Australia.
- 'Learning to Swim' (short story in journal). Toh, Hsien Min (ed.). Quarterly Literary Review Singapore, Volume 9 Number 3 Jul 2010. Archived at: http://www.qlrs.com/story.asp?id=775 (Last accessed 23 Sep 2010).
- 'What a poem is', 'Blue Velvet', 'Summer in London' (poems in journal). Cahill, Michelle and Boey, Kim Cheng et al. (eds.). Mascara Literary Review, Issue 7 (May 2010). Archived at: http://www.mascarareview.com/article/200/Eileen_Chong/ (Last accessed 23 Sep 2010).
- 'Reclaiming Identity in Rhyll McMaster's Feather Man' (critical essay in journal). Ferrier, Carole (ed.). Hecate, Volume 34.2 (December 2008). Hecate Press, Queensland, Australia.
Interviews
14 July 2011, 6 to 6.30pm with Justine Poon on 'Something Else'Podcast of interview can be streamed online at http://www.cpod.org.au/feed.php?id=308 (Last accessed 25 July 2011),
or downloaded at http://www.cpod.org.au/download.php/6673.mp3
Videos
Eileen Chong reads her poem 'Mid-Autumn Mooncakes' at the NSW Parliamentary Poetry Soiree 2010. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jsp5mWL40WoLinks
- Eileen Chong at the Red Room Company: http://redroomcompany.org/poet/eileen-chong/
- Eileen wins the Young Poets Fellowship with the Poets Union: http://www.poetsunion.com/projects