I like to think of JARED STANLEY’s Ears as a friendly rejoinder to Frank O’Hara’s “Personism,” a brilliant collegial corrective that places the poem not between two persons but just simply between, as open to the gritty wind off the Nevada desert as to the spy novels and hot wings of the anthropocene. Indeed, for Stanley, the […]
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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 […]
“how gentle is your friend and kind.” Vespers. Devotional. Breathtakingly sparse. Elegant. Wondrous. Moving. Rare. – Kirby AMANDA JERNIGAN YEARS, MONTHS, AND DAYS (Biblioasis) Now in store. knife | fork | book
Days like these. Tuesdays. knife | fork | book Pictured: Poets, Ben-Adar Jaclyn Piudik Walter Barclay Bänoo Zan Andrew Winchur Andrew Whiteman Photos: Kirby
Toronto artist PHILIP HARE lovingly created this exquisite rendition of KIRBY’S “You’re Welcome” from their chapbook She’s Having a Doris Day, KFB’s newest “broadside,” a pink bandana!, available for preorder online ShopKFB. SOLD OUT
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, […]
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 […]
“WORK TO LIBERATE THE CREATIVE SPIRIT IN ALL MEN” You Say You Want A Revolution: Remembering the 60s through Sep 1 The Stephen A. Schwarzman Building NYPL Photo: KIRBY (She’s still an old liberationist at heart.)
Just a sampling. Find it here. knife | fork | book No, we don’t have everything in store, (some titles sell out, quickly; there’s a lot of poetry being published) and we aim to be your source for poetry. We readily fufill special orders and offer the best prices we can on US/International titles (and […]
a ‘lil sparrow told me. Mark the date. knife | fork | book
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