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Cavafy [always]

C.P. Cavafy, “Candles”, translated by @DMendelsohn1960#poetry #HappyNewYear pic.twitter.com/GJyobxKL9n — C.P. Cavafy (@CCavafy) December 31, 2017 Thank you, Daniel. Happy New Year. – Kirby

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The year

How long have you been open?” “Just over a year,” I reply. I know. It’s a little crazy. Can it really be [15 months, to be exact]? And… what a year. Simply astonishing, all that can happen, culminate, in a year. A first year. And, here we are. You only have to search these pages/posts […]

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This [and every] eve

Advice from Daniel Huws on tedious New Year's parties. pic.twitter.com/EIk2p3lHtl — david wheatley (@nemoloris) December 31, 2017 Pleasure yourselves. knife | fork | book

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Rare

Remarkable. SINA QUEYRAS holds a generous space last night reading from her highly acclaimed, My Ariel (Coach House Books, 2017) closing out our year, ushering in a hopeful new. To all who came on such a wintry night, you are why we’re here. Blessings. See you in the new year. Special thanks to Jess and […]

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NEW KFB imprint announced

I’m thrilled to announce a new chapbook imprint at knife | fork |book: wQr, What Queer Reading, with myself acting as editor and Kirby as publisher. We’re devoted to publishing queer poets of colour, and we’re looking for work in which queerness is expressed alongside but also beyond identity: in the shifting of selfhood into cosmic matter; […]

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TWO DAYS ONLY

Come get what you really want.  knife | fork | book

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Almost everything

To be queer (like being a poet) is to reinvent almost everything — Alex Dimitrov (@alexdimitrov) December 22, 2017 ALEX DIMITROV TOGETHER AND BY OURSELVES (Copper Canyon Press, 2017) KFB ‘Gems’ of 2017

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Full

Play on. Last night’s customer appreciation celebration, filled with warmth, jazz, stories, and laughter. Thank you.  knife | fork | book PICTURED: Jake on clarinet, Roberto Rosenman, guitar.

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Good cheer

  Wintery fairyland. Merry.  knife | fork | book PICTURED: Gnomes and squirrels from TOWN 1187 Bloor St W. Bliss and Trees [MANNY PAVIA] from ORBITAL ARTS GALLERY 275 Augusta Ave.

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Happy Solstice

  TONIGHT  FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS | KENSINGTON MARKET | ORBITAL ARTS GALLERY | 275 AUGUSTA AVE | DUSK FRIDAY NIGHT | ‘SHE’S FEELING FESTIVE’ | KFB CUSTOMER APPRECIATION NIGHT | 6-9 PM Merry, Kirby