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Instead of politically correct, maybe it’s just plain correct to love someone and want them to have a place in this world where they are not persecuted and murdered. If you are someone who uses the term “politically correct” to dismiss the needs and concerns of others, try taking a moment before you say the words and […]

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  now known as an angelic upstart from coast to coast in Canada, [knife fork book] started out in 2016 and has blossomed into one of the top must-read venues for poets from all over North America. Nathaniel G. Moore, Verbicide Magazine 99+ randomly selected photographs, a flurry of the past sixteen weeks, including our KICKASS […]

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Gusty

What power outage? Poets, ROBIN RICHARDSON, JEFF LATOSIK, and EMMA HEALEY light an appreciative house last night.  knife | fork | book Photos: KIRBY

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Folks, I’m telling you,

Folks, I'm telling you,birthing is hardand dying is mean-so get yourself a little loving in between. — Langston Hughes (@langston_poems) May 4, 2018 Langston, always.

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HEALEY LATOSIK RICHARDSON

KFB FRIDAYS | THIS FRIDAY EMMA HEALEY STEREOBLIND (ANANSI) JEFF LATOSIK DREAMPAD (M&S) ROBIN RICHARDSON SIT HOW YOU WANT (VEHICULE) FRIDAY MAY 4TH Doors 6:30 Poetry 7-ish  Wear socks to be seen (we’re shoeless). knife | fork | book at The Dark Side Studio, 244 Augusta Avenue, Second Floor (walk-up above Bunner’s Bakery) EMMA HEALEY […]

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Hounds of love

Poets, poetry to the rescue. LEMONHOUND[S] SINA QUERYAS TANIS FRANCO TRISH SALAH KATHRYN MOCKLER TANIS MACDONALD ZOE WHITTALL  Canadian Independent Booksellers Day  knife | fork | book Photos: KIRBY

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The next wave

New. Daily.  knife | fork | book

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KFB KICKASS KILLER WEEKEND

THIS FRIDAY + SATURDAY Julie Mannell Heather Kelly Noah Zacharin Canisia Lubrin Devon Gallant Tamar Rubin Brian Henderson Laurie D. Graham Emily Rosello Mercurio Bill Howell Zach Pearl Mike Madill VALLUM CONTEMPORARY POETRY ISSUE 15:1 MEMORY AND LOSS TORONTO LAUNCH FRIDAY APRIL 27TH 7PM Doors 6:30 Poetry 7-ish  Wear socks to be seen (we’re shoeless). […]

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Launch pad

SATURDAY 3PM DAVID ALEXANDER launches his Nightwood Editions debut, AFTER THE HATCHING OVEN with special guests, LILLIAN NECAKOV + JEFF LATOSIK. 7PM ZED PRESS storm Toronto with two new chapbooks/poets HANAN HAZIME AORTA + KHASHAYAR MOHAMMADI MOE’S SKIN Poetry. Here.  knife | fork | book Photos: KIRBY

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Queer space

touching is not actually touching (fans push the hot air around us) touching is the act of atoms resisting each other touching is resistance TANIS FRANCO, from QUARRY (University of Calgary Press, 2018) wQr [What Queer Reading], KFB new imprint Reading Series debuts last night with a special focus on QUEER SPACE/S featuring ZOE SHARP, BRIAN […]