The newswire release, “Singaporean Stroke Survivor and Author Terence Ang Receives International Recognition Through the NYC Big Book Award®”, is now appearing across more than 450 media sites in the United States through EIN Presswire.

Among the placements are PIX11 New York, The Detroit Free Press, The Tennessean, IndyStar, AZCentral, The Des Moines Register, The Columbus Dispatch, WFLA NBC 8, KXAN NBC 36 and CBS17.

Seeing the story travel this far feels incredibly meaningful.

What makes this moment especially important to me is the journey behind Brokenness Becomes Beautiful. The poems came from a life reshaped by stroke and aphasia; the voice came through technology. By using an AI version of my own voice to narrate the collection, the audiobook became, to the best of my knowledge, a world-first poetry audiobook of its kind.

But beyond the award and the media coverage, I hope this story helps bring more attention to aphasia, communication, identity, accessibility, and the possibilities of AI when it is used to support the human voice rather than replace it.

For me, this recognition is not only about being seen. It is about helping others understand that people living with aphasia still have stories, emotions, ideas and voices that deserve to be heard.

I am deeply grateful to Ted Olczak and the team at Printed Word Reviews / NYC Big Book Award for helping this story reach such a wide audience.

From Singapore to New York, and now across the United States — I hope the message continues to travel.

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