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'In Flood Damages Andrada explores themes associated with immigration and inheritance, through the figure of a young Australian Filipina woman, whose family has been irreparably damaged by deportation, violence and illness. The wounds inflicted by these events, political and personal, are felt most keenly in and through her body – ‘your blood sings of the scattered histories/ that left you here’ – and in a dramatic use of language, influenced by the rhythms of prayer, which expresses pain and anger with passionate intensity. A poet and performing artist, Andrada combines the theatrical qualities of voice and image in this, her first published collection, affirming the female body as a site of vulnerability and power.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Dedication: For my mothers, Dinna and Chona
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Sally Evans Reviews Flood Damages
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: Rabbit , June no. 30 2020; (p. 241)
— Review of Flood Damages 2018 selected work poetry -
Darlene Soberano Reviews Flood Damages by Eunice Andrada
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: Mascara Literary Review , December no. 24 2019;
— Review of Flood Damages 2018 selected work poetry'In her debut poetry collection, Flood Damages, Eunice Andrada never explicitly mentions the words, ‘New South Wales.’ Nor does she name ‘Australia’ in any of the 37 poems.' (Introduction)
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Review Novenas for the Zeitgeist, Flood Damages by Eunice Andrada
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: Foam:e , March no. 16 2019;
— Review of Flood Damages 2018 selected work poetry -
Mapping a Journey Between Worlds : Ben Hession Reviews Flood Damages by Eunice Andrada
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: Verity La , February 2019;
— Review of Flood Damages 2018 selected work poetry -
Robert Wood Reviews Flood Damages by Eunice Andrada
2018
single work
review
— Appears in: Plumwood Mountain [Online] , August 2018;
— Review of Flood Damages 2018 selected work poetry
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Mapping a Journey Between Worlds : Ben Hession Reviews Flood Damages by Eunice Andrada
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: Verity La , February 2019;
— Review of Flood Damages 2018 selected work poetry -
Review Novenas for the Zeitgeist, Flood Damages by Eunice Andrada
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: Foam:e , March no. 16 2019;
— Review of Flood Damages 2018 selected work poetry -
Darlene Soberano Reviews Flood Damages by Eunice Andrada
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: Mascara Literary Review , December no. 24 2019;
— Review of Flood Damages 2018 selected work poetry'In her debut poetry collection, Flood Damages, Eunice Andrada never explicitly mentions the words, ‘New South Wales.’ Nor does she name ‘Australia’ in any of the 37 poems.' (Introduction)
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Sally Evans Reviews Flood Damages
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: Rabbit , June no. 30 2020; (p. 241)
— Review of Flood Damages 2018 selected work poetry -
Robert Wood Reviews Flood Damages by Eunice Andrada
2018
single work
review
— Appears in: Plumwood Mountain [Online] , August 2018;
— Review of Flood Damages 2018 selected work poetry
Awards
- 2019 shortlisted ASAL Awards — Mary Gilmore Award for a First Book of Poetry
- 2019 shortlisted Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — Prize for Poetry
- 2018 winner Anne Elder Award