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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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The mirthful g

True story. These beauties from GASPEREAU PRESS arrive yesterday (including new titles from SUE GOYETTE and GEORGE ELLIOT CLARKE) and poet ANNICK MACASKILL drops in from Hailfax who’s Book of Hours comes out this Spring from the mirthful g. Welcome, both. knife | fork | book Photos: KIRBY

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On dating

  RUTH ROACH PIERSON   My Late Night Date with an MRI Machine    I’m lying on my back in a space like the interior of a grounded submarine or the stomach of a giant metallic nematode, my ears, though plugged and muffed, unable to escape the steady blasts of sound like the gravelly throbbing […]

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A clearing

Love stills. MARTHA BAILLIE, JACK DAVIS, CONCETTA PRINCIPE astound. Last night.  knife | fork |book

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What keeps me here

Any given day, poets and lovers of poetry.  knife | fork | book PICTURED: Writer, KAREN HILL & poet, MARK GOLDSTEIN. Poet, PHILLIP DWIGHT MORGAN. TALONBOOKS powerhouse, publisher KEVIN WILLIAMS. Poet/novelist MARTHA BAILLIE and EMILY COOK (Cursor Marketing) Poet, ELIANNA LEV. KIRBY.

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Realness

k | f | b FRIDAYS | THIS FRIDAY PEDLAR PRESS BOOK LAUNCH CONCETTA PRINCIPE THIS REAL JACK DAVIS FAUNICS w/ MARTHA BAILLIE FRIDAY DECEMBER 15TH knife | fork | book at The Dark Side Studio, 244 Augusta Avenue, Second Floor (walk-up above Bunner’s Bakery) Doors 6:30 Poetry 7-ish  Wear socks (we’re shoeless). CONCETTA PRINCIPE […]

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Welcome, reader

POET, TORBEN ROBERTSON, in the upcoming Winter Supplement of Hart House Review, selecting something new to inspire.  knife | fork | book

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Ashbery, today.

And I sing amid despair and isolationOf the chance to know you, to sing of meWhich are you. You see,You hold me up to the light in a wayI should never have expected, or suspected, perhapsBecause you always tell me I am you,And right. – John Ashbery — 92Y Poetry Center (@92YPoetry) December 12, 2017

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MONTREAL

  We love you.  knife | fork | book PICTURED: k | f | b MONTREAL 2017 FALL CHAPBOOK LAUNCH featuring DAVID BRADFORD CALL OUT ELIANNA LEV SEX MADE ME DALE SMITH SONS LAUREN TURNER WE’RE NOT GONG TO DO BETTER NEXT TIME Hosted by KIRBY SHE’S HAVING A DORIS DAY at MONASTIRAKI (Thanks BILLY […]

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KFB | MTL | LAUNCH | SAT

SATURDAY MONTREAL k | f | bhttps://t.co/fw5FLb7n07#LAUNCH #poetry #chapbooks @yesmonastiraki #DaleSmith #sons @BartleBeeps #callout @noneandonly #sexmademe @sickpoettheory #werenotgoingtodobetternexttime @itsakirby #sheshavingadorisday pic.twitter.com/ny1ff6Qw1p — knifeforkbook (@knifeforkbook) December 7, 2017