Wonderful afternoon talking poetry with poet R. KOLEWE in store today. His recommendations included SONIA DI PLACIDO Flesh (Guernica) CONCETTA PRINCIPE This Real (Pedlar) STEPHEN COLLIS Once in Blockadia (Talon) DOMINIQUE RUSSELL Instruction for Dreamers CHRISTINE STEWART Treaty 6 Deixis (Talon) MARK TRUSCOTT Branches (Book*hug). We recommend R. KOLEWE silence, then (knife | fork | […]
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“There is only one, will only ever be one, whose loss can destroy you. When you search your soul, you know this is so.” – ANNE MICHAELS from “QUEEN STREET EAST” in UNITED MARBLE, a work-in-progress with photographs by GEOFFREY JAMES Last night held a touch of the divine. To be privy to a work-in-progress […]
“Where is your Self to be found? Always in the deepest enchantment that you have experienced.” – Hugo von Hofmannsthal “When I laugh from my belly, it’s a good day.” – Kirby People often ask how I got into this poetry gig, or my own inquiry, “What keeps me here?” The simple answer. It delights me. […]
It felt like home. JULIE MORRISSY, KIM FAHNER, SAMUEL GUEST, fellow poets, family, friends gather to launch, read, hear, share, celebrate. Last night. knife | fork | book Photos: KIRBY
CAVAFY, It Must Have Been the Spirits (February 1919) Translated by DANIEL MENDELSOHN
Saturdays. Poets KLARA DU PLESSIS (EKKE Palimpsest Press) + JIM JOHNSTONE (ed. THE NEXT WAVE: An Anthology of 21st Century Canadian Poetry Anstruther Press) spend some time pouring over the goods. knife | fork | book
THIS FRIDAY | KFB FRIDAYS JULIE MORRISSY WHERE, THE MILE END (BOOK*HUG) LAUNCH KIM FAHNER THESE WINGS (PEDLAR PRESS) + SAMUEL GUEST THE RADICAL DREAMS FRIDAY MARCH 15TH knife | fork | book at The Dark Side Studio | 244 Augusta Avenue | 2nd Floor | Kensington Market | Toronto Doors: 6:30 Poetry 7 Access: We are a […]
KFBFRIDAYS | FRIDAY APRIL 5th AYESHA CHATTERJEE | GEORGE ELLIOTT CLARKE | CATHERINE GRAHAM | KIRBY | KATHRYN MOCKLER EARTHY ANECDOTES FRIDAY APRIL 5TH knife | fork | book at The Dark Side Studio | 244 Augusta Avenue | 2nd Floor | Kensington Market | Toronto Doors 6:30 | Poetry 7 Access: We are a second floor walk-up with two all-gender washrooms. Please […]
SEBASTIAN FRYE/SWIMMER’S GROUP LAUNCHES DOMINIQUE RUSSELL INSTRUCTIONS FOR DREAMERS + PUMPDADDY PHANTASMAGORIA FAN WU, Editor LAST NIGHT Find them both here. knife | fork | book
KFB FRIDAYS | THIS FRIDAY SWIMMER’S GROUP has always been known for there no holds barred, serve the book, labour-intensive, all-in, meticulous approach to what can only be an object to marvel upon. Hold-in-hand. Own. So, it came as no surprise when editor FAN WU said this latest SG glory has been three years […]
Knife Fork Book 