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'TAKE CARE explores what it means to survive within systems not designed for tenderness. Bound in personal testimony, the poems situate the act of rape within the machinery of imperialism, where human and non-human bodies, lands, and waters are violated to uphold colonial powers. Andrada explores the magnitude of rape culture in the everyday: from justice systems that dehumanise survivors, to exploitative care industries that deny Filipina workers their agency, to nationalist monuments that erase the sexual violence of war.
'Unsparing in their interrogation of the gendered, racialised labour of care, the poems flow to a radical, liberatory syntax. Physical and online terrain meld into a surreal ecosystem of speakers, creatures, and excavated histories. Brimming with incantatory power, Andrada’s verses move between breathless candour and seething restraint as they navigate memory and possibility. Piercing the heart of our cultural crisis, these poems are salves, offerings, and warnings.'
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Compelling Visions of the Future
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 4 December 2021; (p. 30)
— Review of The Inheritors 2021 selected work poetry ; Take Care 2021 selected work poetry -
Australian Storytellers Share Favourite Shows, Books and Films That Are Breaking New Ground in Terms of Representation
2021
single work
column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , October 2021; 'Seeing yourself, or aspects of your identity, represented or reflected in storytelling can be powerful and affirming. But our media and entertainment culture continues to under-represent some while over-representing others. We asked 12 professional storytellers from different backgrounds and lived experiences to share favourite books, TV shows and films that made them feel seen, or affirmed their experiences and perspectives.' -
Lyric Provocations : Two Politically Charged Poetry Volumes
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 437 2021; (p. 60-61)
— Review of Dropbear 2021 selected work poetry essay ; Take Care 2021 selected work poetry -
Take Care, Eunice Andrada
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 25 September - 1 October 2021;
— Review of Take Care 2021 selected work poetry'In TAKE CARE, Eunice Andrada has further developed her poetics as a multilingual woman of Ilonggo ancestry from the Philippines. This new collection, her second after Flood Damages (Giramondo, 2018), interrogates the ethics of possession and custodianship – what determines who takes and who receives? The concept of “care” is examined through the lens of American imperialism and global capitalism, exploring how power and violence are intimately tied to varying forms of nurturing, reproduction and the maintenance of existing structures of dominance and control.' (Introduction)
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Take Care, Eunice Andrada
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 25 September - 1 October 2021;
— Review of Take Care 2021 selected work poetry'In TAKE CARE, Eunice Andrada has further developed her poetics as a multilingual woman of Ilonggo ancestry from the Philippines. This new collection, her second after Flood Damages (Giramondo, 2018), interrogates the ethics of possession and custodianship – what determines who takes and who receives? The concept of “care” is examined through the lens of American imperialism and global capitalism, exploring how power and violence are intimately tied to varying forms of nurturing, reproduction and the maintenance of existing structures of dominance and control.' (Introduction)
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Lyric Provocations : Two Politically Charged Poetry Volumes
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 437 2021; (p. 60-61)
— Review of Dropbear 2021 selected work poetry essay ; Take Care 2021 selected work poetry -
Compelling Visions of the Future
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 4 December 2021; (p. 30)
— Review of The Inheritors 2021 selected work poetry ; Take Care 2021 selected work poetry -
Australian Storytellers Share Favourite Shows, Books and Films That Are Breaking New Ground in Terms of Representation
2021
single work
column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , October 2021; 'Seeing yourself, or aspects of your identity, represented or reflected in storytelling can be powerful and affirming. But our media and entertainment culture continues to under-represent some while over-representing others. We asked 12 professional storytellers from different backgrounds and lived experiences to share favourite books, TV shows and films that made them feel seen, or affirmed their experiences and perspectives.'