Remarkable. SINA QUEYRAS holds a generous space last night reading from her highly acclaimed, My Ariel (Coach House Books, 2017) closing out our year, ushering in a hopeful new. To all who came on such a wintry night, you are why we’re here. Blessings. See you in the new year. Special thanks to Jess and […]
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I’m thrilled to announce a new chapbook imprint at knife | fork |book: wQr, What Queer Reading, with myself acting as editor and Kirby as publisher. We’re devoted to publishing queer poets of colour, and we’re looking for work in which queerness is expressed alongside but also beyond identity: in the shifting of selfhood into cosmic matter; […]
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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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TONIGHT FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS | KENSINGTON MARKET | ORBITAL ARTS GALLERY | 275 AUGUSTA AVE | DUSK FRIDAY NIGHT | ‘SHE’S FEELING FESTIVE’ | KFB CUSTOMER APPRECIATION NIGHT | 6-9 PM Merry, Kirby
MATT FINNER, publisher of Permanent Sleep Press, with two of their new poetry titles, ALEXIS MARSHALL A Sea Above the Pains of Our Youth | DUSTY NEAL Rain Songs in store (and a fine piece of swag). knife | fork | book
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
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 […]
First of all, every publisher believes there’s is the best stuff out there this (or any) year. We’re no exception. Our first five, (one cleverly disguised as a ‘bon-bon’), all exceptional, stand alone. Good poetry in [very] pretty packaging with nods to our brilliant book designer, Norman Nehmetallah, and printer John De Jesus at Coach […]
Love stills. MARTHA BAILLIE, JACK DAVIS, CONCETTA PRINCIPE astound. Last night. knife | fork |book
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