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Poetry, darlings.  knife | fork | book [click on image to enlarge]

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‘What a great night of poetry.’

or, as William would say, ‘FUCKING GREAT!’ WORDS (ON) STAGES WORDS (ON) PAGES PARENTHETICAL LAUNCH with EDWARD ANKI JASMINE GUI CATRIONA WRIGHT J.C. BOUCHARD NICOLE BREWER WILLIAM KEMP and Special Guest opener PEARL PIRIE Photos: KIRBY

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The sweat

The poem that does not eliminate the effort or labour from the writing. The poem that makes difficulty visible. The untidy poem. The apparently struggling poem. The Sick Woman poem. The poem that does not hide its poet because that poet is always there, just behind the curtain. The poems that risk being a try-hard, […]

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Group Huddle at TOPOS

A sparkling occasion from start to finish, host PARKER MENZIMER‘s GROUP HUDDLE Reading Series at TOPOS BOOKSTORE & CAFE this past Wednesday included an exquisitely hand-folded chapbook of the evening’s readers gifted to all in attendence. Such a pleasure to share the stage with poets DAVID BRADFORD and ANDREW DURBIN (who treated us with an excerpt […]

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KFB NYC

She’s bringing her onesie. KFB poets DAVID BRADFORD (Call Out) and Jeff KIRBY (She’s Having a Doris Day) join Wonder Press phenom ANDREW DURBIN (Mature Themes) for GROUP HUDDLE VI hosted by PARKER MENZIMER at TOPOS BOOKSTORE CAFE QUEENS NYC MAY 10TH 7PM  

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Such beauty

Could such beauty go unremarked? (thankfully, no) R. KOLEWE INSPECTING NOSTALGIA BOOK & BEER LAUNCH MONDAY MAY 8TH 7:30PM FOLLY BREWPUB 928 COLLEGE STREET see also: Hear R. KOLEWE here with SARAH PINDAR AND TARA-MICHELLE ZINIUK JUNE 8TH knife | fork | book

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Another night

  like no other. The pleasure of good company. Poets LISA RICHTER. JENNIFER LOVEGROVE. MAUREEN SCOTT HARRIS  knife | fork | book Photos: KIRBY  

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Enter May

THIS WEEK | THURSDAY NIGHT POETS MAUREEN SCOTT HARRIS + JENNIFER LOVEGROVE + LISA RICHTER MAY 4TH knife | fork | book at Rick’s Cafe | 281 Augusta Avenue | Kensington Market | Toronto Doors 6:30  Poetry 7-ish Toronto poet and essayist MAUREEN SCOTT HARRIS has published three collections of poetry: A Possible Landscape (Brick Books, 1993), Drowning Lessons (Pedlar Press, 2004), […]

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Full circle

Hoa and I met in the washroom at a CAConrad workshop four or five years ago. When we opened the shop, she asked if there was anything special I wanted to see happen, and I said for my 58th birthday, I’d like to launch a new chapbook and read with CA. Here we are. KIRBY CACONRAD […]

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A multitude of thanks

  A monumental evening. Still soaking in it (and will for some time). Thank you all.  knife | fork | book