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 by scholar Alessandra Capperdoni for a conversation on the themes of her book of poetry Theophylline: A Poetic Migration (Anansi, 2023). 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.
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- Reading by Erín Moure, video documentation, Oct 2, 2025. Camera by Qiuli Wu.
- Emily Fedoruk and Kiel Torres at Western Front, photo documentation, Oct 2, 2025. Photo by Rachel Topham Photography.
- Erín Moure and Alessandra Capperdoni at Western Front, photo documentation, Oct 2, 2025. Photo by Rachel Topham Photography.
- Erín Moure and Alessandra Capperdoni at Western Front, photo documentation, Oct 2, 2025. Photo by Rachel Topham Photography.
- Erín Moure and Alessandra Capperdoni at Western Front, photo documentation, Oct 2, 2025. Photo by Rachel Topham Photography.
- Erín Moure and Alessandra Capperdoni at Western Front, photo documentation, Oct 2, 2025. Photo by Rachel Topham Photography.
- Erín Moure at Western Front, photo documentation, Oct 2, 2025. Photo by Rachel Topham Photography.
- Erín Moure at Western Front, photo documentation, Oct 2, 2025. Photo by Rachel Topham Photography.
- Erín Moure at Western Front, photo documentation, Oct 2, 2025. Photo by Rachel Topham Photography.
- Erín Moure at Western Front, photo documentation, Oct 2, 2025. Photo by Rachel Topham Photography.
- Erín Moure at Western Front, photo documentation, Oct 2, 2025. Photo by Rachel Topham Photography.
- Erín Moure at Western Front, photo documentation, Oct 2, 2025. Photo by Rachel Topham Photography.
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