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'At a time when bricolage, cut-ups & the general bullying of other people's words about the page is flourishing in poetry, Edwards' work stands out as an example of what such agencies can still achieve. Exacting works of (mis)quotation, (mis)translation & prestidigitation, his poems are as one critic put it, part Goons, part Proust. Edwards plumbs 'the sold of our surroundings' with an intelligence always keen to consort with the laughter bubbling up between world, self & words.' (Source : Gleebooks website)
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A Review of...
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Rabbit , Autumn no. 8 2013; (p. 116-125)
— Review of People of Earth 2011 selected work poetry -
"A Fluke? [N]ever!" : Reading Chris Edwards
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 12 no. 1 2012; 'This paper investigates the use of collage, mimicry and hieroglyphics by the innovative Australian poet Chris Edwards in his latest book of poetry, People of Earth (Vagabond Press, 2011). With scissors in hand, Edwards goes hunting for Jacques Derrida's "non-phonetic functions" and "operative silences of alphabetic writing", those poetical score-marks that are neither "factual accident nor waste" (Derrida, 'The Pit and the Pyramid'), but rather, endlessly renewable resources. The collagist is a recycler and composter, and also a compositor - a filmic sculptor who tricks visual fragments into new entities. Edwards is a deft and seamless crafter, often producing grammatically flawless collages whose motion from scene to scene is subtle and kaleidoscopic. An appendix to People of Earth compiles hundreds of texts that are sources for Edwards' poems. They are a gentle invitation to detective work, but mostly, a museum of tools tended by a fastidious drafter. This paper will explore the radical materialism of Chris Edwards while invoking along the way the ghosts of Christopher Brennan, Charlie Chaplin, Stéphane Mallarmé and Charles Olson. -
Fluking It, with Chris Edwards
2012
single work
essay
— Appears in: Jacket2 2012; -
Untitled
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 71 no. 1 2011; (p. 224-228)
— Review of People of Earth 2011 selected work poetry
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Untitled
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 71 no. 1 2011; (p. 224-228)
— Review of People of Earth 2011 selected work poetry -
A Review of...
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Rabbit , Autumn no. 8 2013; (p. 116-125)
— Review of People of Earth 2011 selected work poetry -
Fluking It, with Chris Edwards
2012
single work
essay
— Appears in: Jacket2 2012; -
"A Fluke? [N]ever!" : Reading Chris Edwards
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: JASAL , vol. 12 no. 1 2012; 'This paper investigates the use of collage, mimicry and hieroglyphics by the innovative Australian poet Chris Edwards in his latest book of poetry, People of Earth (Vagabond Press, 2011). With scissors in hand, Edwards goes hunting for Jacques Derrida's "non-phonetic functions" and "operative silences of alphabetic writing", those poetical score-marks that are neither "factual accident nor waste" (Derrida, 'The Pit and the Pyramid'), but rather, endlessly renewable resources. The collagist is a recycler and composter, and also a compositor - a filmic sculptor who tricks visual fragments into new entities. Edwards is a deft and seamless crafter, often producing grammatically flawless collages whose motion from scene to scene is subtle and kaleidoscopic. An appendix to People of Earth compiles hundreds of texts that are sources for Edwards' poems. They are a gentle invitation to detective work, but mostly, a museum of tools tended by a fastidious drafter. This paper will explore the radical materialism of Chris Edwards while invoking along the way the ghosts of Christopher Brennan, Charlie Chaplin, Stéphane Mallarmé and Charles Olson.
Awards
- 2012 shortlisted ASAL Awards — ALS Gold Medal
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