First off, any red brick building that has PICKLES, CATSUPS, SAUCES, on it’s front already owns me. Two. Great. Signage. 3. Neil Wadhwa marketing/merchadising skills on display bar none. Cindy Ma. (bump her to “First”) 5. A.F. Emma. Mikko. Those broadsides. Six (o’clock). How I always picture Neil. (Yes, she has giddy crushes on […]
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KFB 2018 SPRING LAUNCH w/ new chapbooks by LAUREN TURNER WE’RE NOT GOING TO DO BETTER NEXT TIME, JOHN STINTZI THE MACHETE TOURIST, ROXANNA BENNETT UNSEEN GARDEN, and our first broadside from DALE SMITH SONS. A glorious occasion. knife | fork | book IN STORES & ONLINE NOW Photos: TORBEN ROBERTSON
omg, her cocktail has finally arrived!” Frivolity was in full force last night at Le Gala de l’Académie de la vie littéraire (La Sala Rossa, Montreal) with fantastical hosts Mathieu Arsenault and Catherine Cormier-Larose (congrats!), music by La Fièvre, spectacular trophies by Jonathan Lafleur, an impressive slate of Montreal-scene poets, including Jacob Wren, Elkahna Talbi, Jessica Bebenek, Kama La Mackerel, Marcella […]
TONIGHT 8-11PM KIRBY | CHRIS COLOHAN | DON PYLE PERMANENT SLEEP PRESS BOOKSHOP at CAPITAL ESPRESSO 1349 QUEEN ST W TORONTO
ANNOUNCEMENT: KFB SET TO LAUNCH NEW ANNUAL—NOT YOUR BEST —PREMIERE ISSUE GUEST EDITED BY ERIC SCHMALTZ I’m thrilled to announce that I have been selected as Guest Editor for the first installation of Not Your Best, an annual magazine published by knife|fork|book (Toronto). Intended as a magazine that eschews the idea of “best,” I understand […]
“IN [KIRBY’S] SHE’S HAVING A DORIS DAY, THERE ARE JUXTAPOSITIONS BETWEEN WHITE MIDDLE CLASS POLITESSE AND WHAT’S HIDDEN BENEATH THE SURFACE, SUCH AS COCKROACHES IN “WHITE SALE”, A PRISTINE BED THAT IS NEVER USED FOR SEX. I LIKE THE WAY GENDER IS HANDLED IN AN ALMOST CASUAL WAY IN THIS POEM. IN “ADAM’S FEET” WE […]
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because the one who holds the pen, even if it’s too dark to / see the page and even if the ink is his own blood, is free* There’s a story here, an ongoing one (thanks to you). Here’s but an excerpt: Picture this, coldest winter on record, flu bug making the rounds, and we […]
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