Alvin Pang is a poet, writer and editor based in Singapore. His publications include Testing the Silence (Ethos Books 1997) and City of Rain (Ethos Books 2003). He has also coedited several anthologies, including No Other City: The Ethos Anthology of Urban Poetry (Ethos Books 2000), Love Gathers All (Ethos/Anvil 2002) and Over There: Poems from Singapore and Australia (Ethos 2008). His work has been featured in major festivals, publications and performances around the world. A Fellow of the University of Iowa International Writing Program (2002), he was named National Arts Council Young Artist of the Year (Literature) in 2005, and awarded the Singapore Youth Award (Arts and Culture) in 2007. [Read]