Knife Fork Book
“There was a story.” There is a story. Norma, Dale & I. Norma hails from Toronto, an artist/poet living in San Francisco making her mark, raising the bar for some time now. She met Dale there (originally from Texas, where Skanky Possum & Slow Poetry in America blossomed) who took a teaching job in Toronto […]
starling burdock mullien clover dandelion “I’m writing in a fence,” my friend Sadiqa shares sending a photo of a cursive l and I knew then & there I must go stand beside her, see this wonder. Yesterday, we did. Sadiqa de Meijer, “The Ones That Made Landfall,” 2023, repurposed cotton + polyester fabric. 2023 Eco-Art […]
“what I’m trying to say is / these waves are another kind of animal” Created to celebrate the second instalment of Fertile. OANA AVASILICHIOAEI Improbable Theatres DEAN GARLICK Domestic Sublime WILL MANNING Joan Would Say SUBHANYA SIVAJOTHY Singing Fish Notation KATE SUTHERLAND Nuptials à la carte or save with the bundle! and see them all at Fertile! > Schedule > […]
Launching poetry at the place for poetry. MICHAEL FLATT reads from his new KFB collection I CAN FOCUS IF I TRY supported by poet, R/B MERTZ reading from their upcoming CU T (Threadsuns, 2024) to a welcoming house at The Printed Word Bookshop, Dundas ON last night. Thanks James, and all who came out to […]
from I Can Focus If I Try the new full-length KFB collection by Michael Flatt
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“How is it you and I are both still alive?” KIRBY Behold Six intimate workshop performances to benefit knife | fork | book OPENING NIGHT GALA FRIDAY JANUARY 20 7PMPerformances: January 21, 22, 23, 30 Feb 6 7pm An audience of ten per performance in a downtown Toronto living room setting.…
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October 4, 2022 I went for a walk with Maureen Scott Harris … it is as if we spend our lives finding clues, fragments, shards, leading or misleading details, chipped tablets written over in a forgotten language. Perhaps they are a counting of cattle, a measuring out of grain. Perhaps they are a praising of […]
For some time now, I’ve carried a deep affinity, admiration, affection for Cameron Anstee and Jo Ianni, both for their poetic loves/aspirations, writings, their penchant towards the ‘elegant,’ their passionate regard for the field. Cameron’s Book of Annotations (Invisible, 2018) and subsequent [KFB Fertile Select] chapbooks Lines & Baseline Variations (St. Andrews, 2021) are cherished […]
“It’s a sweet thing to gush.” Such a sweet, sweet finish. Thank you Michael, Christopher, Luke, poets, readers, lovers. A flood of poetry goodness.
Knife Fork Book 