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,
Radar Poetry, Sundog Lit, 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.
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,
Radar Poetry, Sundog Lit, 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.