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“Without him, am I inside or Out?”

KFB REVIEW INSIDE|OUT  JOSEPH OSMUNDSON Sibling Rivalry Press, 2018   I open Inside/Out and immediately I’m greeted with a rustic depiction of Boyhood; “Boys” getting dirty, “Boys” in school who allowed for a gaze to linger, “Boys” one could do homework with and laugh and “Boys” who eventually grew up to be mean. “Boys” where […]

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The rainy days of the mind

KFB REVIEW RAIN SONGS DUSTY NEAL Permanent Sleep Press, 2018 First edition 6 x 9 94 pages Velvet finish Perfect bound /200 In case you’ve been out of touch with the independent book scene in Toronto, last March, Parkdale gave us a new little gem of a bookstore. Permanent Sleep Bookshop now occupies a cozy […]

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“You’re an angel, baby.”

LAST NIGHT’s wQr WHAT QUEER READING event with BRANDY RYAN, THOM GILL, KHASHAYAR MOHAMMADI, ALEXA WINSTANLEY-SMITH, hosted by FAN WU.  knife | fork | book Photos: KIRBY

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Friday Night QUEER

Get your QUEER on. FRIDAY JULY 27TH   THOM GILL | ALEXA WINSTANLEY-SMITH | BRANDY RYAN | KHASHAYAR MOHAMMADI   wQr WHAT QUEER READING SERIES HOSTED BY FAN WU knife | fork | book at The Dark Side Studio | 244 Augusta Avenue | 2nd Floor | Kensington Market | Toronto Doors 6:30 Poetry 7 Access: We are a second floor walk-up with two all-gender washrooms. […]

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Launch pad

SATURDAY 3PM DAVID ALEXANDER launches his Nightwood Editions debut, AFTER THE HATCHING OVEN with special guests, LILLIAN NECAKOV + JEFF LATOSIK. 7PM ZED PRESS storm Toronto with two new chapbooks/poets HANAN HAZIME AORTA + KHASHAYAR MOHAMMADI MOE’S SKIN Poetry. Here.  knife | fork | book Photos: KIRBY

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Wingman

Beauty is the evening slowness… KHASHAYAR MOHAMMADI MOE’S SKIN (Zed Press, 2018) Beauty is this Saturday Night. knife | fork | book KHASHAYAR MOHAMMADI is an Iranian-born writer/translator based in Toronto, currently an editor at Inspiritus Press.

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Hatched

k | f | b  THIS FRIDAY + SATURDAY wQr WHAT QUEER READING POETRY EXTRAVAGANZA w/ BRIAN DEDORA | TANIS FRANCO | ZOE SHARP  | MAGDALENA SUKSI | HOSTED BY FAN WU FRIDAY APRIL 20TH  7PM (SHARP) Doors 6:30 Poetry 7-ish  Wear socks to be seen (we’re shoeless). DAVID ALEXANDER AFTER THE HATCHING OVEN LAUNCH (Nightwood Editions) w/surprise guest poets + cupcakes SATURDAY APRIL 21ST 3PM […]

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Poet Warrior Princess

I’m her Poet Warrior Princess (and my pony’s name is Lavender). https://twitter.com/damianrogers/status/888035273015259136 What can authors and publishers specifically do to support your bookstore, either locally or from a distance? It’s cheaper to order online. Cheaper. That’s all. It cheapens us all. Everyone knows I’m not getting monetarily rich selling poetry. But Toronto is much richer […]