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'Trigger Warning is not for the fainthearted, but neither are the elemental realities of domestic violence and environmental catastrophe that these astonishing poems address. Comprised of three sections, the first summons a difficult personal history by conversing with poets – from Sylvia Plath to Anne Carson – whose dramatised confessions trigger Takolander’s own. The second part remains focused on the domestic, while redeeming that scene of trauma through a reinventing wit. The final section of this extraordinary book turns its attention outside, playing with poetry itself in order to confront the Anthropocene and the final frontier of death. This is poetry that balances ruthlessness and lyrical beauty; poetry alive to its time and audience; poetry not to be missed.'
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Notes
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Dedication: For David and Sam.
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Epigraph:
After all, works of art are always the result of one's having been in danger, of having gone through an experience all the way to the end, to where no one can go any further.
– Rainer Maria Rilke
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Warnings, Consequences and Laments
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 28 August 2021; (p. 18)
— Review of Sydney Spleen 2021 selected work poetry ; Whisper Songs 2021 selected work poetry ; Trigger Warning 2021 selected work poetry -
Unpredictive Chemistry : The Bloodbeat of Evocative Language
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 434 2021; (p. 56-57)
— Review of Trigger Warning 2021 selected work poetry ; Rare Bird 2021 selected work poetry ; The Hard Word 2021 selected work poetry
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Unpredictive Chemistry : The Bloodbeat of Evocative Language
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 434 2021; (p. 56-57)
— Review of Trigger Warning 2021 selected work poetry ; Rare Bird 2021 selected work poetry ; The Hard Word 2021 selected work poetry -
Warnings, Consequences and Laments
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 28 August 2021; (p. 18)
— Review of Sydney Spleen 2021 selected work poetry ; Whisper Songs 2021 selected work poetry ; Trigger Warning 2021 selected work poetry