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Rebecca Edwards Rebecca Edwards i(A31344 works by)
Born: Established: 1969 Batlow, Tumut - Tumbarumba area, Southeastern NSW, New South Wales, ;
Gender: Female
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1 2 y separately published work icon Plague Animals Rebecca Edwards , Glebe : Puncher and Wattmann , 2020 21070226 2020 selected work poetry 'In this long-awaited second collection, award-winning poet Rebecca Edwards distills the experience of physical and mental trauma; the breakdown of her relationship with her eldest daughter and the attrition of mental illness. Each poem is an act of salvage, commemorating and celebrating the small, the overlooked, the voiceless and unloved. An artist throws his pots into the Brisbane River. Four dementia patients plot their escape from a nursing home. A woman mourns the end of a relationship at its conception. A man sees an ultrasound of his daughter and falls in love. Pain is forced to sing. The reader is asked to look again, to look closely, to see differently those things in themselves and others which convention frames as ugly or shameful, or insignificant.

'Subversive, quietly political, intellectually tough, exquisitely observed, the poems question what it is to be Australian, to be an outsider, to be human, to be uneasy in the world.' (Publication summary)
1 The Kitchen Table Rebecca Edwards , 2016 single work prose
— Appears in: Grieve : Stories and Poems for Grief Awareness Month 2016 2016;
1 The Crows i "The crows have found the dead crow on the garden.", Rebecca Edwards , 2010 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Green Fuse 2010; (p. 28)
1 Poetry and Me i "Poetry is my father's tobacco breath and his deep voice chanting in the", Rebecca Edwards , 2010 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Green Fuse 2010; (p. 11)
1 Manifesto i "I was never in it for the money", Rebecca Edwards , 2009 single work poetry
— Appears in: Blast , Spring/Summer no. 10 2009; (p. 34-35)
1 The Young Milton Moon Throws His Pots into the Brisbane River i "Sometimes you get tired of giving it away.", Rebecca Edwards , 2009 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Puncher & Wattmann Anthology of Australian Poetry 2009; (p. 21) Blast , Spring/Summer no. 10 2009; (p. 32-33)
1 The Price of Poetry, or Why I Am Not a Football Star Rebecca Edwards , 2008-2007 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Small Packages , no. 10 2008; (p. 96-99)
1 Poetry Survey Rebecca Edwards , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Island , Summer no. 115 2008; (p. 42-47)
— Review of A Paddock in His Head Brendan Ryan , 2007 selected work poetry ; Not Finding Wittgenstein J. S. Harry , 2007 selected work poetry ; The Incoming Tide Petra White , 2007 selected work poetry ; Permitted to Fall Kevin Gillam , 2007 selected work poetry ; Vertigo (a Cantata) Jordie Albiston , 2007 selected work poetry
1 From : Finding a Place (a work-in-progress) i "Orangutans rape", Rebecca Edwards , 2008 extract novel
— Appears in: Stylus Poetry Journal , October no. 31 2008;
1 Poetry : A Survey of Verse Novels Rebecca Edwards , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Island , Summer no. 111 2007; (p. 57-60)
— Review of Jack Judy Johnson , 2006 single work novel ; Lawrie and Shirley, The Final Cadenza : A Movie in Verse Geoff Page , 2006 single work novel ; The Barrier Range: A Journey to Broken Hill: Burke and Wills Ray Liversidge , 2006 single work novel
1 Poetry Survey Rebecca Edwards , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Island , Autumn no. 108 2007; (p. 34-37)
— Review of Wren Lines : Selected Poems and Drawings. Volume 1 Billy Jones , 2006 selected work poetry ; Lemon Shark Luke Beesley , 2006 selected work poetry ; The Last Tourist : Poems Jane Williams , 2006 selected work poetry ; Phosphorescence : A Collection of Poems Graeme Miles , 2006 selected work poetry ; Blue Grass Peter Minter , 2006 selected work poetry ; Necessary Evil : Poems Craig Sherborne , 2006 selected work poetry
1 3 y separately published work icon The River Sai Rebecca Edwards , St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2007 Z1379929 2007 single work children's fiction children's horror 'When Harumi starts poking around in the back of the old Japanese antique shop, she has no idea where her curiosity will lead her. Will her reluctant heroism end in success, or will it lead to her own terrifying demise? Or is her mission completely different from what she first thought it was? Witches, hags, talking bears, mysterious inconsolable children, a dream-collecting baku and a stone jizo who weeps tears of healing - they each have a role to play in this thrilling Japanese ghost story, set on the banks of the dreaded River Sai.' - back cover
1 In the Armeton Independent Heart to Heart i "GENT wants a lady I'm 56 slim and solid.", Rebecca Edwards , 2007 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Road South : An Anthology of Contemporary Australian Poetry 2007; (p. 20-21)
1 Life and Times of Darby Ross Rebecca Edwards , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 23 - 24 September 2006; (p. 25)
— Review of Darby : One Hundred Years of Life in a Changing Culture Liam Campbell , Darby Jampijinpa Ross , 2006 single work life story
1 A Difficult Master Rebecca Edwards , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 12 - 13 August 2006; (p. 29)
— Review of Albert Tucker Gavin Fry , 2005 single work biography
1 Late Recognition Rebecca Edwards , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 27 - 28 May 2006; (p. 27)
— Review of Will Dyson : Australia's Radical Genius Ross McMullin , 2006 single work biography
1 y separately published work icon Revenge! Duncan Richardson , Flaxton : Post Pressed , 2005 Z1372505 2005 single work children's fiction children's
1 Cliches and Sloppy Work Sink Dream Rebecca Edwards , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 22 - 23 October 2005; (p. 5)
— Review of Prochownik's Dream Alex Miller , 2005 single work novel
1 Kind of Human Light Rebecca Edwards , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 13 -14 August 2005; (p. 8)
— Review of Judy Cassab : A Portrait Brenda Niall , 2005 single work biography
1 The Woman on the Train i "The manner of our meeting", Rebecca Edwards , 2004 single work poetry
— Appears in: Softblow 2004-2010;
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