Trigger Warning

by Takolander, Maria

• ISBN13: 9780702263088
• ISBN10: 0702263087
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2021-11-29
• Publisher: University of Queensland Press

Summary

From award-winning and highly acclaimed author and poet Maria Takolander comes her most impressive and personal poetry collection yet. Trigger Warning is not for the fainthearted, but neither are the elemental realities of domestic violence and environmental catastrophe that these astonishing poems address. Comprised of three sections, the first summons a difficult personal history by conversing with poets—from Sylvia Plath to Anne Carson— whose dramatised confessions trigger Takolander’s own. The second part remains focused on the domestic, while redeeming that scene of trauma through a reinventing wit. The final section of this extraordinary book turns its attention outside, playing with poetry itself in order to confront the Anthropocene and the final frontier of death. This is poetry that balances ruthlessness and lyrical beauty; poetry alive to its time and audience; poetry not to be missed.

Author Biography

Maria Takolander was born in Melbourne in 1973 to Finnish parents. She is the author of three previous poetry collections, including Ghostly Subjects. Her poetry appeared regularly in The Best Australian Poems and The Best Australian Poetry, and has been widely anthologised nationally and internationally. A program about Maria’s poetry aired on Radio National in 2015, and she has performed her work on ABC TV and at numerous festivals. Maria’s words can also be found on bronze plaques in the Geelong CBD and at the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria.