how unendurable THIS WORLD WOULD BE without Poetry — CAConrad (@CAConrad88) December 18, 2016 Each and every day. Such good fortune to be in the company of poets. https://t.co/9PWVpIb0z1 — knifeforkbook (@knifeforkbook) December 18, 2016 There are brilliant moments that happen unexpectedly, but when they do, we are reminded how blessed we are to simply […]
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So, what rocked my world? The remarkable power of ‘naming.’ MOEZ SURANI‘s book-length poem ةيلمع Operación Opération Operation 行 动 Oперация (BookThug, 2016), lists the code names for UN miltary interventions from 1945 to present that could easily be mistaken for the titles of children’s picture books. At once absurdly funny and utterly grotesque, the […]
“How’s things going, Kirby?” “I’m pretty blissed-out most days.” Poets STUART ROSS and MAUREEN SCOTT HARRIS visit knife | fork | book on the same day. (“What blizzard?”) Photos: KIRBY
A robust 14th Annual Meeting of The Dead Poets Society @ Supermarket last night, presented by The Art Bar, The Rowers Pub Reading Series, and Tightrope Books. Hosted by David Clink with Heather Wood. Wonderful to see the rich herstory of Kensington Market continue to thrive as a literary/poetry hub. Pictured: Heather Wood. Ilyana […]
“In Jim Nason‘s fifth collection of poetry, Touch Anywhere to Begin (Signature Editions, 2016), poems are set in a physical world where full-throttle desire commingles with love, loss and grief. Although death is ever present — death of a father, death of a friend — there is a life-affirming/mystical quality at the core of the […]
PASOLINI Roman Poems Number 41 of City Lights Pocket Poets Series. Translated from Italian by Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Francesca Valente.
JULIE CAMERON GRAY LADY CRAWFORD gets ‘cheeky’ @ knife | fork | book on our new Palimpsest Press shelf. Photos: KIRBY
“I am so tired of waiting, Aren’t you, For the world to become good And beautiful and kind?” ~ Langston Hughes pic.twitter.com/CVU5DaNbjN — Paul Holdengraber (@holdengraber) December 9, 2016 Our new mission statement, “to become good / And beautiful and kind.” knife | fork | book
A breathtaking reading by KATE SUTHERLAND last night. knife | fork | book Photos: KIRBY
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