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Erin Moure

Poetry in over 40 journals in Canada, USA, England since 1973, as well as reviews and essays.  Over 250 public readings in Canada, UK, USA, and in France, Portugal, Spain.

Poetry:   Pillage Laud, Moveable Type Books, Toronto, 1999.

               A Frame of the Book or The Frame of a Book, Anansi, Tor; Sun & Moon , LA, 1999.

               Search Procedures, Anansi, Toronto, 1996.

               The Green Word:  Selected Poems 1973-1992, Oxford, Toronto, 1994.

               Sheepish Beauty, Civilian Love, Véhicule Press, Montreal, 1992.

               West South West, Véhicule Press, Montreal, 1989.

               Furious, House of Anansi, Toronto, 1988, reprinted 1992.

               Domestic Fuel, House of Anansi, Toronto, 1985.  

               Wanted Alive, House of Anansi, Toronto, 1983. 

               The Whisky Vigil, Harbour, Madeira Park, 1981. Chapbook, poetry & drawings.

               Empire, York Street, House of Anansi, Toronto, 1979, op. 

Translations: Sheep’s Vigil by a Fervent Person (Anansi, Toronto, 2001): A transelation of Alberto Caeiro/ Fernando Pessoa’s O Guardador de Rebanhos.

                        Quasi Flanders, Quasi Extremadura, by Andrés Ajens (CCCP, Cambridge UK, upcoming 2001) from original Spanish, a chapbook selected from Más Intimas Mistura (Intemperie, Santiago de Chile, 1998).

                           Installations, by Nicole Brossard (The Muses’ Company, Winnipeg, 2000) from original French Installations, tr with Robert Majzels

                           City of Intelligences, by Sylvie Gendreau (Les Éditions Céra, Montreal, 1998) from original French La Cité des intelligences, tr with Robert Majzels

Achievements:          

            2000- Finalist, Pat Lowther Memorial Award, A Frame of the Book

            1999- Finalist, QSPELL Award for Poetry, A Frame of the Book

            1996- Finalist, Governor General's Award for Poetry, Search Procedures

            1996- Finalist, QSPELL Award for Poetry, Search Procedures

            1994- Silver Award, National Magazine Award (poetry)  

            1994- Finalist, QSPELL Award for Poetry, Sheepish Beauty, Civilian Love

            1990- QSPELL Award for Poetry WSW

            1988- Governor General's Literary Award for Poetry, Furious

            1988- Finalist, QSPELL Award for Poetry, Furious

            1986- Pat Lowther Memorial Award, for Domestic Fuel

            1982- Gold Award, National Magazine Award (poetry)

            1979- Finalist, Governor General's Award for Poetry, Empire, York Street                                         

Recent Anthologies:

            15 Canadian Poets x 3, 4th edition; ed. G. Geddes; Oxford, Toronto, 2001

            The New Long Poem Anthology, 2nd edition; ed. S. Thesen, Talonbooks, Vanc’r, 2001

            Moving Borders:  Three Decades of Innovative Writing by Women; ed. Mary Margaret Sloan, Talisman House, New Jersey USA, 1998

            20th Century Poetry & Poetics, 4th Edition; ed. G. Geddes; Oxford, Toronto, 1996

            Canadian Voices, ed. S. Kudchedkar, J. Begum; Pencraft Int'l, India, 1996

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CHRONOLOGY OF PRACTICE (selected):

2001:               Oct: Read and gave talk at II Congreso dos Estudios Postcolonais at Universidade de Vigo, Spain, on new ways to imagine the citizen. Talked on Pessoa and subjectivity at the Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

                        Nov 12-Dec 2 Facilitator /guide to 8 poets at Sage Hill Writing Experience’s Fall Poetry Colloquium, St. Peters Abbey, Muenster, SK

2000:               Writer in Residence, University of Toronto, winter term Jan-April 2000. Visiting Distinguished Writer, University of Calgary, Nov 27-Dec 1.

1999:               April 23-25: Read at Cambridge Conference on Contemporary Poetry, Trinity College, Cambridge UK.  Nov., read at Manchester Poetry Festival, UK in the Library series.  Talked, read at Universidade de Vigo in Febr. 99.

1998:               November 5-7: Talk and reading at I Congreso Internacional de Estudios Postcoloniais, Universidade de Vigo, Spain

                        September 15-October 31:  International Writer in Residence for Yorkshire and Humberside Arts Board and The Word Hoard, Leeds, UK

1998:               Named a Contributing Editor for Raddle Moon, Vancouver.

1997:               Mentored individual poets in TWUC and LCP professional mentoring programs; edited Mary di Michele’s Debriefing the Rose for House of Anansi; lecture on own work and readings at University of Leeds, England in July, at conference on Women and Texts.

CHRONOLOGY OF PRACTICE (selected - continued):

1996, Dec.:      Workshop with 3 American poets translating French poet Anne Portugal, Centre for French & Francophone Studies, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge USA Dec 2-6.

1996, Oct.:       Organizer/resource person, West Coast Line Colloquium, Sechelt BC.

1996, Sept.:     Panelist and reader at De:Scribing Albertas, U of Alberta, Edmonton.

1996, Aug.:      Panelist and reader at anti-censorship events held in conjunction with the Gay and Lesbian Film Festival at Video-In Studios, Vancouver, BC.

1995, Oct.:       Two weeks in Banff Writing Studio at Banff Centre for the Arts, resident faculty, poetry.  Seminar/workshops with writing students at State University of Colorado, University of California at Santa Barbara.

1993, July:        Taught one week poetry session at Crowsnest Writers' Retreat, Blairmore, Alberta (sponsored by Calgary magazine Absinthe).

1991, July:        Taught poetry at Maritime Writers' Workshop, UNB, Fredericton.

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