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In the pink

  You know she’s having one* when the shop is looking this snappy! Come. Partake. Enjoy. We so appreciate your business.  knife | fork | book *Photos: KIRBY She’s Having a Doris Day

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Next stop

  I know there’s nothing special about me being here; I see the same things as all the others, exclaim the same compliments. But here in a warm wood-panelled bar, I’ll pound my hand on the table, press my shirt to my chest, and declare, solemnly and without irony, that I too could live here. […]

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Filling

THURSDAY NIGHT POETS I was down 2 quarts. Now I am full. A thoroughly gratifying evening of poetry/reading with STEVE MEAGHER and STUART ROSS last night at knife | fork | book UP NEXT at KFB: March 26th ERIN MOURE  CHUS PATO Secession / Insecession TORONTO BOOK LAUNCH (NOTE: Sunday 3-5PM). March 30th  JULIE CAMERON GRAY | NYLA MATUK. March 31st METATRON SHOWCASE. […]

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Blue

  STEVE MEAGHER   THIS WEEK | THURSDAY NIGHT POETS STUART ROSS + STEVE MEAGHER MARCH 23RD Doors 6:30 Poetry 7-ish Copywright 2017. Steve Meagher

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Unwrapped

I’M NOT KNOWN FOR MY DISCRETION (Thankfully.) ELIANNA LEV Sex Made Me UPDATE: SEE/HEAR ELIANNA LEV with MIKE LALA and ERIC SCHMALTZ APRIL 6TH THURSDAY NIGHT POETS at KFB  #FindItHere  knife | fork | book

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“olly olly oxen free”

THIS WEEK | THURSDAY NIGHT POETS AARON KREUTER  +  JIM NASON knife | fork | book at Rick’s Cafe | 281 Augusta Avenue | Kensington Market | Toronto Doors 6:30  Poetry 7-ish

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“Tonight, like no other…”

  Stew, my paddling companion, coughs, says: “I didn’t think I’d miss the insects as much as the potable water, the blue sky, green.”* A breeze makes me glad to be in my body.**   THURSDAY NIGHT POETS AARON KREUTER Arguments for Lawn Chairs JIM NASON Touch Anywhere to Begin FEBRUARY 2ND Doors 6:30PM  Poetry […]

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While Donald and Melania danced

“There’s something happening here…”  knife | fork | book   Photos: KIRBY

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Meanwhile, just up the street

It’s a big week.  knife | fork | book

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“between a protest and prayer”

The precise role of the artist, then, is to illuminate that darkness, blaze roads through that vast forest, so that we will not, in all our doing, lose sight of its purpose, which is, after all, to make the world a more human dwelling place.” JAMES BALDWIN The Creative Process On Friday night, while the […]