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Generous

There are many reasons we are celebrating dear friend of the shop A. F. MORITZ this Friday evening. First and foremost, his poetry and the recent launch of his beautifully compiled selected, THE SPARROW (Anansi Poetry). But there’s another reason it’s a “lovefest.” Al’s geniune enthusiasm, support, commitment, and love for his students and colleagues, fellow […]

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Tuesdays, or ‘Poets Day’

Days like these. Tuesdays.  knife | fork | book Pictured: Poets, Ben-Adar  Jaclyn Piudik  Walter Barclay  Bänoo Zan  Andrew Winchur  Andrew Whiteman Photos: Kirby

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Essential Eckes

From the new book of poetry General Motors by Ryan Eckes pic.twitter.com/0qqSdA0uRW — anne boyer (@anne_boyer) April 23, 2018 RYAN ECKES GENERAL MOTORS is to the bone essential…adamant green cracking through pavement. – Kirby Available, print on demand, here. Photo: KIRBY

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Big love

Jessica Joy Hiemstra Shannon Bramer Ben Gallagher James Lindsay Noah Wareness Khashayar Mohammadi Ally Fleming Kate Sutherland Jacob McArthur Mooney Conor McDonnell Fan Wu David Seymour A. Light Zachary Torben Robertson Doyali Islam Ben Meyerson A. F. Moritz Host: Kirby   “The Sparrow is more than a selected poems; it is also a single vast poem, […]

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The Little Poetry Shop That Could*

You may have noticed we’ve taken a little breather these past two Fridays. That’s about to change… MAY 25  BIG AL’S LOVEFEST POETS READ A.F. MORITZ TO MORITZ CELEBRATING THE SPARROW (ANANSI) JUNE 1  JARED STANLEY  | BEN MEYERSON JUNE 8  DANI COUTURE | DAVID JAMES BROCK | ANNICK MACASKILL NO MEETING WITHOUT BODY (GASPEREAU PRESS) TORONTO LAUNCH JUNE 9 ADÈLE BARCLAY  A. LIGHT ZACHARY CANISIA LUBRIN JUNE 15  JIMMY MCINNES | JAMES LINDSAY | JOHN NYMAN | JIM JOHNSTONE  […]

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Chirp

a ‘lil sparrow told me. Mark the date. knife | fork | book

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#poweredbypoets

  now known as an angelic upstart from coast to coast in Canada, [knife fork book] started out in 2016 and has blossomed into one of the top must-read venues for poets from all over North America. Nathaniel G. Moore, Verbicide Magazine 99+ randomly selected photographs, a flurry of the past sixteen weeks, including our KICKASS […]

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Gusty

What power outage? Poets, ROBIN RICHARDSON, JEFF LATOSIK, and EMMA HEALEY light an appreciative house last night.  knife | fork | book Photos: KIRBY

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HEALEY LATOSIK RICHARDSON

KFB FRIDAYS | THIS FRIDAY EMMA HEALEY STEREOBLIND (ANANSI) JEFF LATOSIK DREAMPAD (M&S) ROBIN RICHARDSON SIT HOW YOU WANT (VEHICULE) FRIDAY MAY 4TH Doors 6:30 Poetry 7-ish  Wear socks to be seen (we’re shoeless). knife | fork | book at The Dark Side Studio, 244 Augusta Avenue, Second Floor (walk-up above Bunner’s Bakery) EMMA HEALEY […]

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Happy birthday, Doris

It’s exactly one year ago that KFB’s first little chapbook launched, KIRBY’s SHE’S HAVING A DORIS DAY, cleverly disguised as a pink bon bon with legs that kick. Four printings later, nearly 400 copies sold, fellow KFB poet JONATHAN GARFINKEL BOCIANY (STORKS) and myself invite you to celebrate with us this TUESDAY MAY 1ST reading at […]