Reading by Erín Moure

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Western Front and The Capilano Review presented an evening with writer-in-residence Erín Moure. 

To begin, Moure was joined in conversation by scholar Alessandra Capperdoni to explore the themes of Theophylline: A Poetic Migration (Anansi, 2023), Moure’s work of poetry motivated by asthma, seeking poetry’s futurity in a queer and female heritage. In Theophylline, Moure crosses a border as translator to engage with the poetry of three American modernists—Muriel Rukeyser, Elizabeth Bishop, and Angelina Weld Grimké.

Together, Moure and Capperdoni discussed the practice of translation in relation to embodiment, biography, female subjectivities, archival research, and migration before Moure read a selection from Theophylline.

Presented in partnership with The Capilano Review as part of their annual Writers-in-Residence program.