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Gathering

“What is a man without a mother?” – Henry Israeli God’s Breath Hovering Across The Waters DAVID BRADFORD, TIMOTHY LIU, and HENRY ISRAELI last night at knife | fork | book Special thanks: Hoa Nguyen, Leora, and Isobel. Photos: KIRBY

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Superb

  The indescribable joy at celebrating the new. Congrats to JENNY HAYSOM & NEIL SURKAN at the launch of their new chapbooks from Anstruther Press. knife | fork | book Photos: KIRBY

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Such good company

CANADIAN LAUNCH | PREMIERE A staged reading of MADELEINE BRAUN and PARKER MENZIMER‘s collaborative work TrueBlock at the storefront of knife | fork | book last night. A limited edition of TrueBlock now on sale at k|f|b Photos: KIRBY  

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Sundays

The beauty of the reader.  knife | fork | book

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A spell is cast

A heartening. Shared. KATE SCHAPIRA and AARON BOOTHBY last night at knife | fork | book UP NEXT at KFB:  FEB 23 CLAIRE MARIE STANCEK MOUTHS BOOKLAUNCH. MAR 2 GWEN BENAWAY + EMMA HEALEY + DAMIAN ROGERS. MAR 3RD WHAT QUEER READING with JEFF KIRBY. MAR 5TH MADELEINE BRAUN + PARKER MENZIMER. MAR 9TH WORDS […]

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Here. Thursday.

I don’t feel guilty about not wanting to manage the forge. To forge the night. A radio plays in the tape’s background: a jazz waltz We rise to the dance       Someone asks what to do with the body       She bites at my ear       Someone coughs flicks […]

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Our new menu

DE-LISH! Thursday Night Poets. Book Launches. Showcases. Workshops. More “Daily Specials” to be announced. #wherepoetsmeet knife | fork | book and this just in… MAR 20TH  LISA ROBERTSON  DOWNLOAD   

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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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Get personal

In the sense that we are born into circumstances and live out those circumstances without any foreknowledge, we unconsciously absorb responsibility for the historical events that led to the contemporary circumstances. The personal is imbricated by the political.”  CONCETTA PRINCIPE on Hiroshima: A Love War Story THURSDAY NIGHT POETS CONCETTA PRINCIPE Hiroshima: A Love War […]