Dear Kestrel, I keep writing my name on the cocktail napkin my real name that is the one that’s hard to pronounce the one that’s been mythologized the one being whispered behind my back I’ve lost myself Kes please come identify me from the lineup KHASHAYAR MOHAMMADI DEAR KESTREL NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-SALE […]
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Khashayar Mohammadi (Kess) (@dearkestrel) UP NEXT: TUESDAY APRIL 30TH 4PM KFB CHAPBOOK CLUB w/KHASHAYAR MOHAMMADI reads DOMINIK PARISIEN WE, OLD YOUNG ONES (Frog Hollow Press) with author in attendance. #KFBNPM
THIS WEEK | #KFBFWW 29 JAN 4PM #KFBFWW KFB CHAPBOOK CLUB W/KHASHAYAR MOHAMMADI READS ALLY FLEMING THE WORST SEASON (ANSTRUTHER) 30 JAN 7PM #KFBFWW JESSICA BEBENEK K2TOG TORONTO LAUNCH W/ FAWN PARKER | MARGEAUX FELDMAN 31 JAN 7PM #KFBFWW WQR WHAT QUEER READING CHAPBOOK LAUNCH CODY CAETANO PLEASURE DOME POEMS PRATHNA LOR 7, 2 2 FEB 3PM #KFBFWW KFB CHAPBOOK LAUNCH R. KOLEWE SILENCE, THEN w/KATE SUTHERLAND BEASTS OF THE SEA + SPECIAL MUSICAL GUEST ALEX […]
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KFB | REVIEW SINISTER QUEER AGENDA TRAVIS SHARP ABOVE/GROUND, 2018. I dream so much f body I run out of small strips of paper In a way I feel like I’ve known Travis Sharp for years. I ingest his new chapbook Sinister Queer Agenda and I sense a deep connection to his words, […]
KHASHAYAR MOHAMMADI’s 2018 PICKS 1. “Chlorosis” by Michael Flatt and Derrick Mund (The Operating System) As they describe the book themselves, “A break-up letter to the world.” The Echopoetics of “Chlorosis” forces us to face the bitter truths about our environment. through their rhetoric we sit down with 3D Glasses to watch nature crumble all […]
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 | REVIEW HEART & MOUTH & DEED & LIFE JM FRANCHETEAU Anstruther Press, 2018. I’ve been involved in Toronto’s small press scene for a few years now, and in those short few years, Anstruther Press has been a beacon for chapbook presses all around. In Toronto “Anstruther” has become virtually synonymous with “Chapbooks”, inspiring […]
KFB | REVIEW AN ABSENCE SO GREAT AND SPONTANEOUS IT IS EVIDENCE OF LIGHT ANNE GORRICK The Operating System, 2018 Raking knife|fork|book’s shelves for some experimental poetry I came across this little gem by Brooklyn’s The Operating System. I knew the moment I read the title, An Absence So Great and Spontaneous It Is Evidence of […]
KFB REVIEW CHLOROSIS MICHAEL FLATT and DERRICK MUND The Operating System, 2018 I can’t say I’m well acquainted with the independent literary scene outside Canada, but over the past few years, a small press from Brooklyn really stood out for me. The Operating System has managed to wow me over and over again with a […]
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