Dates: September 11, 18, & 25, 2025
Time: 7:00 – 8:30 p.m.
Location: Western Front
Fee: $20 (includes a copy of Theophylline: A(n) (a)po(r)etic Migration)
Registration Link: Here
To accompany a reading and talk by Writer-in-Residence Erín Moure, The Capilano Review and Western Front are pleased to present a three-part reading group dedicated to Moure’s most recent book of poems, Theophylline: A(n) (a)po(r)etic Migration (Anansi, 2023).
Theophylline is a work of poetry motivated by asthma, seeking poetry’s futurity in a queer and female heritage. In it, Moure crosses a border as translator, to engage the poetry of three American modernists—Muriel Rukeyser, Elizabeth Bishop, and Angelina Weld Grimké. Moure asks: What is breath for? What is archive? Why write a poem, instead of… something else?
Facilitated by The Capilano Review’s Literary Editor Emily Fedoruk, the weekly sessions will explore Theophylline, alongside texts by Muriel Rukeyser, Elizabeth Bishop, and Angelina Weld Grimké.
A copy of Theophylline is included in the price of registration. Books will be available for pickup at Western Front, and the additional texts in discussion will be forwarded to participants a week in advance of the start date.
Space is limited to 10 participants.
About the Writer
Erín Moure is a poet, essayist, and translator of poetry based in Montréal, Canada who works across Galician, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and English. A recipient of two Governor General’s Literary Awards—poetry and translation—as well as the Pat Lowther Memorial Award and the A.M. Klein Prize, she holds two honorary doctorates and has been International Translator in Residence at Queen’s College (Oxford) and Woodberry Creative Fellow (Harvard).
Accessibility
If you require the workshop space to be accessible for a wheelchair, scooter, or other mobility aid; or require a reservation for an access requirement such as ASL interpretation, please contact us at info@westernfront.ca or +1 (604) 876 9343. We will make our best endeavours to help you. Details about accessibility at Western Front can be found here.
Acknowledgements
Thank you to Western Front for partnering with The Capilano Review for the 2025 Writer-in-Residence program.
