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“Rock with you

What rocked our world this year? @knifeforkbook did! Thank you to @itsakirby for being a true champion of #poetry! https://t.co/JjXDTsX1tm — BookThug (@bookthug) December 20, 2016   girl, all night”  knife | fork | book

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The poets

@knifeforkbook @bookthug @LawandLit @RicksKensington @itsakirby – I’ll certainly be back soon. Thank you so much for giving poetry a home. — Jimmy McInnes (@JimmyMcInnes) November 18, 2016 Yes, there’s plenty of things to say goodbye to 2016. But, we have dozens, (if not hundreds), of reasons to be thankful. The real story? Since we’ve opened in […]

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Daily

To all our familiars, past, present and future. Blessings.   knife | fork | book Original post:—John Berger, from “Some Notes About Song”  R.A.Villanueva on Twitter

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Beautiful line

Don’t be afraid of the dumb idea, but don’t be afraid to be smart. Just don’t be afraid, period. DAVID SALLE  HOW TO SEE  (Norton, 2016.)

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by a thread

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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Just up the street

  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 […]

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Get some

“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 […]

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“And it was pure light.”

PASOLINI Roman Poems Number 41 of City Lights Pocket Poets Series. Translated from Italian by Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Francesca Valente.

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Riveting

  A breathtaking reading by KATE SUTHERLAND last night. knife | fork | book Photos: KIRBY

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Mad about mags

The extraordinary new issue of MATRIX MAGAZINE, edited by poet ROXANNA BENNETT now in store alongside The Antigonish Review, Arc Poetry Magazine, BRICK, Broken Pencil, CV2, The Fiddlehead, The Four Poets, Grain, The Malahat Review, Prairie Fire, Room, Vallum, and more. knife | fork | book