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“Keep poetry close to the people.”

Poor. And mighty. Thank you poet. Poets. knife | fork | book

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“A salty gratitude for being on Earth”

KFB | SATURDAY 3PM Aglow with postcolonial loss, wryly defiant of what they reveal, Pirani’s poems describe a warm estrangement and salty gratitude for being on Earth. AYAZ PIRANI KABIR’S JACKET HAS A THOUSAND POCKETS (Mawenzi House) SATURDAY JULY 27TH 3PM knife | fork | bookat The Dark Side Studio | 244 Augusta Avenue | […]

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a-MAZE-ing

KFB | THIS WEEKEND KFBFRIDAYS JULY 12TH 7PM HUGH THOMAS MAZE (Invisible) NOIR: Z LAUNCH bill bissett DANIEL f. BRADLEY BRIAN DEDORA + WORK BY HART BROUDY A CAMERON-NOELTNER KATE SIKLOSI IN STORE SATURDAYS JULY 13TH 3PM SHANNON WEBB-CAMPBELL I AM A BODY OF LAND LEE MARACLE COLUMPA BOBB HOPE MATTERS (Book*hug) knife | fork […]

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This is just Day One of our July/Aug Fundraising/Membership Drive and our Patreon increased by $30/month. A good sign. Thank you!

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SUPPORT KFB “A poetry destination”

In three short years, knife | fork | book has gone from a bookcart on Augusta Ave to “one of the top must-read venues for poets from all over North America” Nathaniel G. Moore, Verbicide Magazine More than a “business,” KFB is a passion. A poetry destination. Powered by poets. About to embark on our fourth year. […]

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“Not waving”

"I am your boydrowning in this country,who doesn’t know the word for drowningand yells I am diving for the last time!" Deaf Republic,@ilya_poet — nerd activities (@Nimisire) June 17, 2019

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“Inspiring generosity”

https://twitter.com/brokencloudco/status/1134892313698852865 This is how we do it. What keeps us here. The generous support of those who respond in kind/ness. This kind support actually occurs daily by your visits, word of mouth, attending events, reading here, social media, sales. Poets, publishers, lovers who hold this space dear. We’re not a “business,” we’re a passion. Powered […]

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Kramer

KHASHAYAR MOHAMMADI by ALEX PROCHSHENKO

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BROWN MARTINELLO WALSH MAY 24TH

KFB FRIDAYS | MAY 24TH   DOMENICA MARTINELLO ALL DAY I DREAM ABOUT SIRENS (Coach House Books, 2019) MICHELLE BROWN SAFE WORDS (Palimpsest Press, 2018) MATTHEW WALSH THESE ARE NOT THE POTATOES OF MY YOUTH (Goose Lane, 2019) FRIDAY MAY 24TH knife | fork | book at The Dark Side Studio | 244 Augusta Avenue | 2nd […]

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Blessed

Wondrous. Ardent. Full. Poets ANTON POOLES MONSTER 36, ÁNGES CSERHÁTI UNREMEMBERED, and SHANE NEILSON NEW BRUNSWICK deliver at their Toronto launch last night. Thanks to the presses Biblioasis, Frog Hollow, Anstruther, host Jim Johnstone, our friends Joseph and Leo at Orbital Arts Gallery and all who held this space dear.  knife | fork | book