M(P)atriarchive published by Beir Bua Press

I’m delighted to announce that my debut pamphlet M(P)atriarchive has today been published by Beir Bua press.

Inspired by ‘official’ family documents and by Jacques Derrida’s essay Archive Fever: A Freudian Impression, M(P)atriarchive draws on archival materials relating to my grandmother, great aunt, great grandmother and great great grandmother. It aims to highlight how - far from documenting their existence - the women are in reality ‘undocumented’ by male-dominated bureaucratic language and archival convention.  Using prose blocks, formal language and incorporating found materials, it seeks to subvert these processes to rewrite the archive of their lives. 

The publishing press of sister site Beir Bua Journal, Beir Bua Press publishes experimental, avant-garde and vispo poetry pamphlets. It’s a huge privilege to be part of this community and in the company of such an inspiring group of authors. I am indebted to Michelle Moloney King at Beir Bua for accepting my collection.

More information about M(P)atriarchive can be found here:

https://beirbuapress.com/2021/08/12/mpatriarchive-by-aj-moore/

Beir Bua Journal can be read for free here:

https://beirbuapress.com/journal/

AJ Moore