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'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)
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Plague Animals By Rebecca Edwards
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: StylusLit , September no. 12 2022;
— Review of Plague Animals 2020 selected work poetry'Rebecca Edwards’ latest collection of poetry, Plague Animals, takes its name from its penultimate poem, “Plague Animals: 1985” (101). The speaker confesses to crying when she first saw the sprawling concrete megalopolis of Tokyo from the window of a bus full of chattering Australian teenagers excited to explore a foreign country under the comforting wings of their host families. The “entire vista” of cement, glass, flyovers, and neon lights “was an accusation: this is what it comes to / you clever, / clever monkeys” (101).' (Introduction)
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Suffering and Exile
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 13 March 2021; (p. 22)
— Review of Plague Animals 2020 selected work poetry
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Suffering and Exile
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 13 March 2021; (p. 22)
— Review of Plague Animals 2020 selected work poetry -
Plague Animals By Rebecca Edwards
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: StylusLit , September no. 12 2022;
— Review of Plague Animals 2020 selected work poetry'Rebecca Edwards’ latest collection of poetry, Plague Animals, takes its name from its penultimate poem, “Plague Animals: 1985” (101). The speaker confesses to crying when she first saw the sprawling concrete megalopolis of Tokyo from the window of a bus full of chattering Australian teenagers excited to explore a foreign country under the comforting wings of their host families. The “entire vista” of cement, glass, flyovers, and neon lights “was an accusation: this is what it comes to / you clever, / clever monkeys” (101).' (Introduction)