30 min
Episode 1: Ellen van Neerven and Eunice Andrada Extraordinary Voice for Extraordinary Times
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Ellen van Neerven is joined by Eunice Andrada, a Filipina poet and educator, as they reflect on their new poems and break down their creative processes.
In Eunice's poem, 'Nature Heals Itself', she discusses the experience of caring for her mother after she was diagnosed with COVID-19.
Ellen's poem, '2023' was inspired by the news that Australia has won the rights to host the women's world cup in 2023.
To read the poems in full, visit www.uqp.com.au.
SHOW NOTES
Fake animal news abounds on social media as coronavirus upends life – National Geographic: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2020/03/coronavirus-pandemic-fake-animal-viral-social-media-posts/
‘Weather’ by Claudia Rankine – The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/15/books/review/claudia-rankine-weather-poem-coronavirus.html
‘Sci-Fi’ by Tracy K. Smith – Poetry Foundation: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/55516/sci-fi
Nick Cave on his darkly exquisite new work: ‘Is there racism in heaven?’ –The Guardian:
‘The revolution will not be zoomed’ by Ellen van Neerven – Peril: https://peril.com.au/back-editions/edition-42/the-revolution-will-not-be-zoomed/
CREDITS:
Host: Ellen van Neerven
Producer: Sally Wilson
Audio production: Anthony Frangi
Ellen van Neerven is joined by Eunice Andrada, a Filipina poet and educator, as they reflect on their new poems and break down their creative processes.
In Eunice's poem, 'Nature Heals Itself', she discusses the experience of caring for her mother after she was diagnosed with COVID-19.
Ellen's poem, '2023' was inspired by the news that Australia has won the rights to host the women's world cup in 2023.
To read the poems in full, visit www.uqp.com.au.
SHOW NOTES
Fake animal news abounds on social media as coronavirus upends life – National Geographic: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2020/03/coronavirus-pandemic-fake-animal-viral-social-media-posts/
‘Weather’ by Claudia Rankine – The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/15/books/review/claudia-rankine-weather-poem-coronavirus.html
‘Sci-Fi’ by Tracy K. Smith – Poetry Foundation: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/55516/sci-fi
Nick Cave on his darkly exquisite new work: ‘Is there racism in heaven?’ –The Guardian:
‘The revolution will not be zoomed’ by Ellen van Neerven – Peril: https://peril.com.au/back-editions/edition-42/the-revolution-will-not-be-zoomed/
CREDITS:
Host: Ellen van Neerven
Producer: Sally Wilson
Audio production: Anthony Frangi
30 min