Terence Ang’s poetry featured at New York City Poetry Festival

Singaporean author and stroke survivor Terence Ang is being spotlighted at the 15th Annual New York City Poetry Festival on Governors Island, where Printed Word Reviews is featuring his AI-narrated audiobook and poetry memoir. The showcase puts accessibility tech, stroke recovery and poetry in front of an international literary audience.

Why it matters: - Terence Ang’s featured audiobook, Brokenness Becomes Beautiful, uses AI voice-cloning to let a stroke survivor narrate his own work despite aphasia. - The project puts assistive technology into the center of a major poetry festival, showing how accessibility tools can preserve author voice and creative control. - Printed Word Reviews is pairing the audiobook with Thunderstroke: A Poetry Memoir Inspired by a True Story, broadening attention to stroke recovery and aphasia awareness.

What happened: - Printed Word Reviews featured Ang’s work at the 15th Annual New York City Poetry Festival in Nolan Park on Governors Island in New York City. - The festival is hosted by The Poetry Society of New York. - Ang’s showcase includes Brokenness Becomes Beautiful and Thunderstroke: A Poetry Memoir Inspired by a True Story. - Printed Word Reviews is also sharing festival coverage globally on social media, including Instagram features.

The details: - Ang is a Singaporean author, illustrator and stroke survivor. - He had a life-altering stroke in 2020. - The stroke left Ang with aphasia, which severely impairs speech and language. - For Brokenness Becomes Beautiful, Ang used AI voice-cloning technology to recreate a digital version of his own voice. - The audiobook is described as a world-first project. - The work presents verses about survival, vulnerability and strength. - Thunderstroke is a poetry memoir and print collection about memory, recovery and identity after trauma. - Ted Olczak, publisher of Printed Word Reviews, said the festival is a strong venue for independent literary work and called Ang’s audiobook deeply resonant. - Debra Meyerson and Steve Zuckerman of Stroke Onward said the audiobook captures the experience of stroke survivors living with aphasia and avoids letting aphasia silence Ang’s voice. - Ang lives and creates in Singapore. - Printed Word Reviews says it is a monthly print and digital publication registered with the U.S. ISSN Center at the Library of Congress under ISSN 3067-011X.

Between the lines: - The festival placement gives Ang’s work a public platform beyond the recovery and disability communities. - The pairing of poetry and voice-cloning technology frames AI as a tool for restoration, not only automation. - The showcase also signals growing interest in books that combine memoir, art and accessibility tech.

What's next: - Ang’s books are available through his official Amazon author page. - Printed Word Reviews is expected to keep promoting the featured titles through festival coverage and social posts. - Ang’s work will likely continue circulating in literary and stroke-recovery communities as an example of accessible storytelling.

The bottom line: - Ang’s featured festival appearance turns a personal recovery story into a larger statement about voice, identity and the creative potential of assistive AI.