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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 […]

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Beautiful. Powerful. Gorgeous. Moving. Rich. Textured.

beautiful night powerful new work gorgeous books moving readings always a rich textured world of language and engagement. TY again. Congrats https://t.co/Y5OOJbKIF4 — RobertFredeKenter (@frede_kenter) June 22, 2017 NEXT STOP: MONTREAL SUN 25 JUN MONASTIRAKI 3PM

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Jonathan, David, & I

  THIS WEEK | KFB CHAPBOOK LAUNCH JONATHAN GARFINKEL BOCIANY (STORKS) KIRBY SHE’S HAVING A DORIS DAY (SECOND PRINTING) DAVID BRADFORD  NELL ZINK IS DAMN FREE, A STAR IS BORING, CALL OUT (OCT 17) WEDS 21 JUNE TORONTO KNIFE FORK BOOK 7PM SUN 25 JUNE MONTREAL MONASTIRAKI 3PM JONATHAN GARFINKEL’s multi-genre writing has been translated […]

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KFB TORONTO/MONTREAL LAUNCH

  WEDNESDAY JUNE 21ST  7PM  knife | fork | book (TORONTO) SUNDAY JUNE 25TH  3PM  MONASTIRAKI (MONTREAL)

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Two presses

  * it IS possible. you have value. you have permission * | ** raging against the dying of the light ** LYNNE DESILVA-JOHNSON @OnlyWhatICan BROOKLYN. Home of two remarkable small presses we carry here at the shop, UGLY DUCKLING PRESSE and Lynne Desilva-Johnson’s THE OPERATING SYSTEM. Visits to both proved not only ‘inspired,’ but […]

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Group Huddle at TOPOS

A sparkling occasion from start to finish, host PARKER MENZIMER‘s GROUP HUDDLE Reading Series at TOPOS BOOKSTORE & CAFE this past Wednesday included an exquisitely hand-folded chapbook of the evening’s readers gifted to all in attendence. Such a pleasure to share the stage with poets DAVID BRADFORD and ANDREW DURBIN (who treated us with an excerpt […]

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KFB announces new imprint

  We’re proud to announce our new k|f|b imprint with the upcoming release of four poetry chapbooks: ELIANNA LEV Sex Made Me, DAVID BRADFORD Call Out,  JEFF KIRBY She’s Having a Doris Day (out Apr 27), and new work by JONATHAN GARFINKEL.  knife | fork | book  #poetsmakemewhet  

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Gathering

“What is a man without a mother?” – Henry Israeli God’s Breath Hovering Across The Waters DAVID BRADFORD, TIMOTHY LIU, and HENRY ISRAELI last night at knife | fork | book Special thanks: Hoa Nguyen, Leora, and Isobel. Photos: KIRBY

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“Come. What are you waiting for?”

THIS WEEK | THURSDAY NIGHT POETS HENRY ISRAELI | TIMOTHY LIU | DAVID BRADFORD MARCH 16TH Doors 6:30 Poetry 7-ish

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OR

DAVID BRADFORD   from his forthcoming chapbook with  knife | fork | book THIS WEEK | THURSDAY NIGHT POETS HENRY ISRAELI | TIMOTHY LIU | DAVID BRADFORD MARCH 16TH Doors 6:30 Poetry 7-ish Copywright 2016.David Bradford. Printed here by permission of the author.