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3rd pull

This would be my 3rd pull: CHAPBOOKS: SIMONE WHITE Unrest (UDP $15) JAMAAL MAY The Whetting of Teeth (OW! $12) CHRISTINE LECLERC Oilywood ($13) FRANZ WRIGHT Recurring Awakening (Vallum $12) TOUCH THE DONKEY No. 14 ($10) Translating Horses (Baseline anthology $20) RASIQRA REVULVA Cephalopography (words(on)pages $14) Bottlecapsule 1 (Bottlecap anthology $20) CHAD CAMPBELL Euphonia (Anstruther $10) […]

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2nd pull

This would be my second: ANDREW RIDKER ed. Privacy Policy (used anthology $20) KEVIN OPSTEDAL Pacific Standard Time (UDP $24) JAN ZWICKY Songs for Relinquishing the Earth (Brick $15) JOY HARJO Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings (Norton $22) FRED WAH Is a Door (Talonbooks $18)  RUTH ROACH PIERSON Aide–mémoire (Buschek $15) JOHN ASHBERY Notes from the […]

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First pull

This would be my first pull: REBECCA WOLFF Warden (UDP $16) MATTHEW HENDERSON The Lease (Coach House $18) SARA PETERS 1996 (Anansi, Limited Numbered Hardcover $35) MARK STRAND New Selected Poems (used $12) JAMES SCHUYLER Collected Poems ($35) CARL PHILLIPS Silvercrest (Used Hardcover $20) THE VOLTA BOOK OF POETS ($30) TONYA M. FOSTER A Swarm […]

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True for me

too.  knife | fork | book (Thanks Wendy. Poets.)

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ONE WEEK TONIGHT \ ONE NIGHT ONLY

Poetry lovers, rejoice!  knife | fork | book

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‘Can you tell me about KFB?’

I remember stopping in one Friday this past March feeling rundown and fed up with this city and Kirby was all smiles, and then Ralph Kolewe, a great poet, dropped in, and then Kate Sutherland, another great poet, dropped in, and we all sat in the sun together, looking at poetry, talking. And I instantly […]

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In the pink

  You know she’s having one* when the shop is looking this snappy! Come. Partake. Enjoy. We so appreciate your business.  knife | fork | book *Photos: KIRBY She’s Having a Doris Day

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Deer crossing

    POET PICKS : TERRY ABRAHAMS terry is a deer living in Toronto. he has an honours BA in literature in english, philosophy, and book & media studies from the University of Toronto (circa 2017). he often makes his own little books and is a quiet member of Nosebleed Club. he was an editor at Hart House Review from 2014 to 2017. he currently […]

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Featured Literary Event: Knife|Fork|Book at Monastiraki

Originally posted on Vallum: Contemporary Poetry:
Knife|Fork|Book at Monastiraki Reviewed by Kian Vaziri-Tehrani On Saturday June 25th, Monastiraki held the Knife|Fork|Book poetry chapbook launch of Jeff Kirby‘s She’s Having a Very Doris Day and Jonathan Garfinkel‘s Bociany (Storks) which featured readings by the two author along with poet David Bradford. Walking into Monastiraki (for the first time…

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All heart

  Montreal, near and dear, thank you for a glorious afternoon launch. Special thanks to BILLY MAVREAS at MONASTIRAKI for playing such a gracious host (lovelovelove you/your shop) and ELISABETH BELLIVEAU for making it so (that cake!) Also, my love to Montreal poets DAVID BRADFORD & JONATHAN GARFINKEL (she’s blessed indeed)—and to all those familiar […]