My favorite self-descriptor is still “reader.” And don’t you find “curator” is so overused these days that it almost demands air quotation marks. I see myself more as the old KoolAid pitcher who busts through the walls championing poets and poetry. (“O YEAH!!!”). knife fork book‘s JEFF KIRBY interviewed by LYNNE DESILVA-JOHNSON of The Operating […]

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Across the street

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Kirby’s picks [week of Dec 5th]

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Kirby’s current top shelf picks knife | fork | book (from L to R):Various Artists Language Lessons Vol 1 (Third Man Records/Books) | Stéphane Mallarmé A Roll of the Dice Translated by Jeff Clark and Robert Bononno (Wave Books) | Yoko’s Dogs Rhinoceros (Gaspereau Press) | Ariana Reines Mercury (Fence Books) | Charles Reznikoff Testimony (Black Sparrow […]

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Cozy & warm

Shop at night. Fridays & Saturdays ’til 9PM knife | fork | book Photos: KIRBY

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Day Without Art

Every purchase today #WorldAIDSDay donated to @CLGArchives (@itsakirby): https://t.co/df2Sk4nLxv — knifeforkbook (@knifeforkbook) December 1, 2016

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Locals

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But a glimpse of our first month. What it is to be welcomed. Thanks everybody. Thrilled to be here. knife | fork | book @ Rick’s Cafe 281 Augusta Avenue Kensington Market Toronto

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Poised

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Post date November 1, 2016
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KILBY SMITH-McGREGOR KIDS IN TRIAGE ROXANNA BENNETT THE UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE THURSDAY NOVEMBER 3RD knife | fork | book @ Rick’s Cafe | 281 Augusta Avenue | Kensington Market Doors open 6:30PM | Reading 7PM Excerpt: Kilby Smith-McGregor IN CONVERSATION: ROXANNA BENNETT’S UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE The Town Crier, May 18, 2016. Photo: Kilby Smith-McGregor