“Tomorrow, the day after, or through the years he’ll write powerful lines, that here was their beginning.” KFB POETRY LAB | BEGINS JAN 16 I’m often asked what bought me to poetry. It opened the door of my closet. O’Hara. Ginsberg. Genet. Lorde. Ashbery. Schuyler. Baldwin. Tenn. Giorno. Cole. Rich. Jordan. Clifton. Gunn. Hemphill. Cooper. […]
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In his tent, Achillesgrieved with his whole beingand the gods sawhe was a man already dead, a victimof the part that loved,the part that was mortal. ~ Louise Glück (Dying Achilles, Achilleion palace on Corfu) pic.twitter.com/en9SOtP6Mq — 𝒦𝓊𝓃𝓈𝓉 𝓂𝒶𝒸𝒽𝓉 𝓈𝒾𝒸𝒽𝓉𝒷𝒶𝓇 (@desiderium0) December 28, 2018 see also: KIRBY/CAVAFY: The Poet of Longing BEGINS JAN 16TH
Warms my heart that there are still “first evers.” Thanks for your delightful visit. Happy reading. Again, soon @itsakirby pic.twitter.com/v7UDH88KrL — knifeforkbook (@knifeforkbook) December 28, 2018 Love first timers (and our regulars!) Again, soon. knife | fork | book
“Fuck this shit! / Let’s get on with it, let’s die of fucking respect”—MAYER MIDWINTER DAY 40th Anniversary Solstice workshop/gathering held by poet HOA NGUYEN at KFB Poetry Lab. Very.
Reading and Writing through Mayer’s MIDWINTER DAY w/HOA NGUYEN on it’s 40th Anniversary at KFB Poetry Lab. Today. Sold Out.
“Sparse. Daring. Elegant. Devastating.” – KIRBY r. kolewe silence, then OUT 02/02/2019 k | f | b
We love chapbooks. Tasty morsels of ephemera that opportune small presses, those marginalized, established and emerging writers alike, let their creative juices run on the page to a readership keen on encountering the new. Through revisiting chapbooks by brilliant writers who lack the representation of more mainstream writers, we ruminate on the importance of their […]
KFB FRIDAYS | THIS FRIDAY Divided from, tucked into. / A part of the whole, / yet severed from the body // that gave her life. / The headless woman floats / in a Cartesian equation. — CAROL BARBOUR “Headless Woman” from Infrangible Di Placido’s plumb line reaches for impossible depths, a sign of extraordinary […]
O, what a lovely way to spend an afternoon. MICHAEL NARDONE’s THE RITUALITES (Book*hug) LAUNCH with TIZIANA LA MELIA and SHIV KOTECHA knife | fork | book Photos: KIRBY
POETS MICHAEL FLATT + TRAVIS SHARP read poetry by the hearth. Last night. knife | fork | book
Knife Fork Book 