Shou Jie Eng
Shou Jie Eng (he/him) is a poet and architectural designer, whose work addresses the spatial, material, and embodied narratives that are present in histories of coloniality and labour. Originally from Singapore, he runs Left Field Projects, a multi-disciplinary design practice located in Hartford, Connecticut. He received his MArch from the Rhode Island School of Design.
His writing has appeared or is forthcoming in Bennington Review, Harvard Review, The Los Angeles Review, Meridian, Radar Poetry, the anthology New Singapore Poetries (Gaudy Boy), and elsewhere. His poems have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. In 2025, he placed on the list of commendations for the Gregory Djanikian Scholarships at The Adroit Journal. His chapbook of poems, line weights, was a selection in the Sixth Finch Books Annual Chapbook Contest and is forthcoming in 2026.
Alongside his practice, Shou Jie is a Critic at the Rhode Island School of Design, where he teaches courses on architectural drawing and other representational topics.