Last night was nothing shy of poetic bliss. Laura, Claire, Michael—the poets and readers in attendence—thanks for making it so. knife | fork | book UPCOMING: TONIGHT MOEZ SURANI. 01/26 CONCETTA PRINCIPE RONNA BLOOM. 02/02 AARON KREUTER JIM NASON. Pictured: poets Laura Kathryn McRae, Claire Caldwell, and Michael Prior Photos: KIRBY *Shane Neilson
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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 […]
#ThursNightPoets returns January 12th with the LAUNCH of CHAD CAMPBELL EUPHONIA and a second third printing of DANI COUTURE BLACK SEA NETTLE from ANSTRUTHER PRESS THURSDAY JANUARY 12TH knife | fork | book @ Rick’s Cafe | 281 Augusta Avenue | Kensington Market Doors open 6:30PM | Poetry 7-ish CHAD CAMPBELL‘s first collection, Laws & Locks, was published by […]
…there may be some turbulence ahead. And remember, place your own oxygen mask on first before attending to others.” 01/12 DANI COUTURE + CHAD CAMPBELL 01/13 SLO-PO with DAVID BRADFORD 01/19 CLAIRE CALDWELL + LAURA K McRAE + MICHAEL PRIOR 01/20 MOEZ SURANI ةيلمع Operación Opération Operation 行 动 Oперация 01/26 CONCETTA PRINCIPE + RONNA BLOOM 02/02 AARON KREUTER + JIM NASON 02/03 wQr Reading Series with JEFF KIRBY 02/16 KATE SCHAPIRA + AARON […]
@knifeforkbook @bookthug @LawandLit @RicksKensington @itsakirby – I’ll certainly be back soon. Thank you so much for giving poetry a home. — Jimmy McInnes (@JimmyMcInnes) November 18, 2016 Yes, there’s plenty of things to say goodbye to 2016. But, we have dozens, (if not hundreds), of reasons to be thankful. The real story? Since we’ve opened in […]
how unendurable THIS WORLD WOULD BE without Poetry — CAConrad (@CAConrad88) December 18, 2016 Each and every day. Such good fortune to be in the company of poets. https://t.co/9PWVpIb0z1 — knifeforkbook (@knifeforkbook) December 18, 2016 There are brilliant moments that happen unexpectedly, but when they do, we are reminded how blessed we are to simply […]
“How’s things going, Kirby?” “I’m pretty blissed-out most days.” Poets STUART ROSS and MAUREEN SCOTT HARRIS visit knife | fork | book on the same day. (“What blizzard?”) Photos: KIRBY
We’re salivating. See you there. knife | fork | book And drop by our place after, we’re open until 9PM tonight @Rick’s Cafe 281 Augusta Avenue Kensington Market.
“What is left out of these images is the idea of contact, and contact, of the most intimate sort, is what poetry can accomplish. Poems do not endure as objects but as presences. When you read anything worth remembering, you liberate a human voice; you release into the world again a companion spirit. I read […]
LAUREN LEVIN + ERIC SNEATHEN knife | fork | book Photos: KIRBY Excerpts from ERIC SNEATHEN Snail Poems (p 35) and LAUREN LEVIN The Braid (p 110) Krupskaya Books, 2016. Signed copies available at the shop.
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