News Release
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January 23, 2006
Poet, Author to Give Readings at Boise State
Poet Erin Moure and author Edith Pearlman will give
readings in February as part of Boise State University�s MFA Readings
Series.
Moure will read at 7 p.m. Feb. 1 in the Hemingway Center, and Pearlman will
read at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 3 in the Hemingway Center. Both readings are free and
open to the public.
Moure is a poet and translator based out of Montreal whose latest book,
Little Theatres, received the A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry. It also was
nominated for the 2005 Governor General�s Award, which she won in 1988 for
her book Furious. Moure�s work is unusual, invigorating and moves
beyond the page in her creative use of image, puns, crosswords and computer
generation. She is currently the writer-in-residence at the University of
New Brunswick.
Pearlman is the author of more than 150 published short stories. Her work
has appeared in Best American Short Stories, the Pushcart Prize
collection, the O. Henry Prize collection, The Atlantic and various literary
journals.
�Edith Pearlman manages to combine subtlety with extravagance,
understatement with spectacle, drawing our focus to the eccentricities of
those who would prefer to remain unnoticed,� Joanna Scott wrote in the
foreward of Pearlman�s latest collection, How to Fall. Pearlman lives
in Brookline, Mass.
The Boise State MFA Reading Series brings nationally-known poets and authors
to the Boise State campus. Past speakers include Rick Bass, Chris Offutt,
Rae Armantrout, Liz Waldner, Joy Williams and Denis Johnson.
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Contact: Elizabeth L. Barnes, MFA program, (208) 426-2669,
elizabethlester@boisestate.edu
Media Contact: Julie Hahn, University Communications, (208) 426-5540,
juliehahn@boisestate.edu
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undergraduate, graduate, doctoral and technical degrees are offered within
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