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“How we are cared for. // How we are loved.”

KFB | REVIEW HOLCOCENE BEN MEYERSON KELSAY BOOKS, 2018. In Holcocene, Ben Meyerson finds an innovative way to step outside of himself, to look through a window at some of the things that define lyric poetry, and define what it is to be human. The ‘you’ and ‘I’ of his book are robots navigating a post-apocalyptic […]

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WALDE TUCKER LALONDE AVASILICHIOAEI

#KFBFWW | THIS FRIDAY & SATURDAY OPENING NIGHT THIS FRIDAY 7PM #KFBFWW 25 JAN FROM VICTORIA BC CHRISTINE WALDE  BRIDE MACHINE (FLASK) W/SPECIAL GUEST POET AARON TUCKER Christine Walde’s Bride Machine is a limited edition artist multiple composed of 14 folios of poetry with original artwork in a custom-made clamshell box, inspired by Marcel Duchamp’s iconic Bride Stripped Bare By Her Bachelors, Even, also […]

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“Stop, be still, find beauty.”

“Everything is such a rush these days. Everything is imposing. And people are looking for still points. And poetry works to create a still point and reminds people to be reflective.” And with that, Kirby has defined what has been achieved with KFB—it’s a place to stop, be still, and find beauty. – MICHAEL MELGAARD, CANADIAN […]

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TIERNEY TRUSCOTT HUSSAIN MCORMOND

KFB | THIS SATURDAY | 3PM KFB | IN STORE SATURDAY SERIES MATTHEW TIERNEY MARK TRUSCOTT NASSER HUSSAIN STEVE MCORMOND SATURDAY JANUARY 19TH 3PM knife | fork | book at The Dark Side Studio | 244 Augusta Avenue | 2nd Floor | Kensington Market | Toronto Access: We are a second floor walk-up with two […]

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200+ poets read at knife| fork | book in 2018 and hundreds more visited. Our heart. Thank you. THE POETS

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Topeka!

“and what was the first thought to run across my heart this year—“ ~ Nietzsche, The Gay Science, ‘Sanctus Januarius’ pic.twitter.com/spD93VXJ6o — Paul Holdengraber (@holdengraber) January 1, 2019 “The role of the artist is exactly the same as the role of the lover. If I love you, I have to make you conscious of the […]

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“of the part that loved”

In his tent, Achillesgrieved with his whole beingand the gods sawhe was a man already dead, a victimof the part that loved,the part that was mortal. ~ Louise Glück (Dying Achilles, Achilleion palace on Corfu) pic.twitter.com/en9SOtP6Mq — 𝒦𝓊𝓃𝓈𝓉 𝓂𝒶𝒸𝒽𝓉 𝓈𝒾𝒸𝒽𝓉𝒷𝒶𝓇 (@desiderium0) December 28, 2018 see also: KIRBY/CAVAFY: The Poet of Longing BEGINS JAN 16TH

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First ever

Warms my heart that there are still “first evers.” Thanks for your delightful visit. Happy reading. Again, soon @itsakirby pic.twitter.com/v7UDH88KrL — knifeforkbook (@knifeforkbook) December 28, 2018 Love first timers (and our regulars!) Again, soon.  knife | fork | book