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A review by littlerah
Take Care by Eunice Andrada
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
"For my human body to be seen as the centre
of a poem, it must be buoyant" (3).
I've wanted to read Andrada's work for a while. I still haven't had the chance to read Flood Damages but reading this means that I will definitely be looking for it. The collection here explores acts of violence, colonialism and rape and their interweaving effects, specifically in relation to the Filipina community. It is chilling and powerful.
"we have no choice but to be
intimate with disaster" (28).
My favourite poems were:
of a poem, it must be buoyant" (3).
I've wanted to read Andrada's work for a while. I still haven't had the chance to read Flood Damages but reading this means that I will definitely be looking for it. The collection here explores acts of violence, colonialism and rape and their interweaving effects, specifically in relation to the Filipina community. It is chilling and powerful.
"we have no choice but to be
intimate with disaster" (28).
My favourite poems were:
- instead of finding water (17)
- repatriation (51)
- visitations (54)
- Etymology of Care (64)