{"product_id":"theophylline-9781487011604","title":"Theophylline","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat is breath for? What is archive? Why write a poem, instead of... something else?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTheophylline\u003c\/em\u003e is a work of poetry motivated by asthma, seeking poetry's futurity in a queer and female heritage. Moure crosses a border to engage the poetry of three American modernistsMuriel Rukeyser, Elizabeth Bishop, and Angelina Weld Grimkéas a translator might enter work to translate it. But what if that work is already in English?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI looked for women who had made and were formed by\u003cbr\u003emigrations, and who were in some way marked qustionably'\u003cbr\u003eby the socius, and I examined what I could of the forms and \u003cbr\u003eshapes of their migrations\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eTheophylline\u003c\/em\u003e, the poet’s interaction with Rukeyser, Bishop, and Grimké is itself a translation ... Moure works to sensitively resuscitate erased histories.\u003c\/p\u003e * Poetry Foundation *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eGenerous in its generation of shared meaning and multiple voices … \u003cem\u003eTheophylline\u003c\/em\u003e breathes on and through each turning page, as it migrates across multiple thresholds. As [Moure] fits herself into the shoes of others and otherness, she walks the walk and talks the talk of postmodern poetry and translation.” \u003c\/p\u003e * Miramichi Reader *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA triumphant work of \u003cem\u003eessai\u003c\/em\u003e-poetry … Moure’s theorized queer poetics of disability is convincing and compelling, and the studied elements of translation and fragmentation elevate the book to a unique project.\u003c\/p\u003e * Montreal Review of Books *","brand":"House of Anansi Press Ltd ,Canada","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48885844083031,"sku":"9781487011604","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/theophylline-9781487011604","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}