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Fireflies + snowflakes

I always tell my students that a good poem is an act of discovery—and for that discovery to be emotionally and intellectually honest, then you need to surprise yourself, you need to live in that space of uncertainty—this is part of negative capability, part of duende, part of what Emily Jungmin Yoon describes as poetry’s […]

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SUE GOYETTE

The True Names of Birds. Undone. Outskirts. Ocean. The Brief Reincarnation of a Girl. Penelope. So many readers, poets, students of award-winning poet, SUE GOYETTE endear her with the title “Master of the Metaphor.” I’ve been an admirer for years now, and it’s a grand delight to finally welcome her here at KFB Wednesday night. […]

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MillAr

KFB | KFB FRIDAYS JAY MillAr I Could Have Pretended to Be Better Than You (Anvil Press) w/ R. KOLEWE KATE SUTHERLAND SHANNON BRAMER JENNIFER LOVEGROVE SEASON OPENER FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 13TH DOORS 630 POETRY 7 Jay MillAr is the author of several books, including Timely Irreverence, Mycological Studies, the small blue, esp: accumulation sonnets and Other Poems. […]

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HOT AUGUST WEEKEND: COMPTON FELDMAN RUTHIG JONES GURI

KFB | FRIDAY AUG 9TH FITZHENRY & WHITESIDE SHOWCASE ANNE COMPTON SMALLHOLDING SARAH FELDMAN THE HALF-LIFE OF ORACLES INGRID RUTHIG THIS BEING HOSTED BY EVAN JONES FRIDAY AUGUST 9TH knife | fork | bookat The Dark Side Studio | 244 Augusta Avenue | 2nd Floor | Kensington Market | Toronto Doors 630 Poetry 7PM No […]

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“Keep poetry close to the people.”

Poor. And mighty. Thank you poet. Poets. knife | fork | book

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REMARKABLE LOR

We wholeheartedly agree. PRATHNA LOR 7, 2 ONLINE SHOP KFB & ART METROPOLE IN STORES TORONTO at knife | fork | book TOWN (Bloordale) PERMANENT SLEEP PRESS BOOKSHOP (Parkdale) MONASTIRAKI (Montreal) BIBLIOASIS (Windsor)

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“A salty gratitude for being on Earth”

KFB | SATURDAY 3PM Aglow with postcolonial loss, wryly defiant of what they reveal, Pirani’s poems describe a warm estrangement and salty gratitude for being on Earth. AYAZ PIRANI KABIR’S JACKET HAS A THOUSAND POCKETS (Mawenzi House) SATURDAY JULY 27TH 3PM knife | fork | bookat The Dark Side Studio | 244 Augusta Avenue | […]

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A poet prepares

BOLA OPELEKE Photos: KIRBY

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“I wouldn’t have missed it.”

I love whenever I see Kramer @DearKestrel at readings (and he's EVERYWHERE, often with partner @teresempierre), he always says. "I wouldn't have missed it." Thanks, Kramer. — knifeforkbook (@knifeforkbook) June 15, 2019 That was a treat. A wonderful evening of new poetry pamphlets launched by @anstrutherpress editor Jim Johnstone, featuring poets @itsakirby @jasonvpurcell & @PaolaOFerrante […]