Love me some Pearl. I first heard poet PEARL PIRIE at a showcase of Canadian poets reading in Bryant Park (NYC) a few summers ago. A hellacious thunderstorm just stopped, wetness hanging everywhere, and there was Pearl, reading from her delightful ‘radish.’ I was completely taken with her love of the word, and wanted more. Hear @pesbo […]
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The poem that does not eliminate the effort or labour from the writing. The poem that makes difficulty visible. The untidy poem. The apparently struggling poem. The Sick Woman poem. The poem that does not hide its poet because that poet is always there, just behind the curtain. The poems that risk being a try-hard, […]
A sparkling occasion from start to finish, host PARKER MENZIMER‘s GROUP HUDDLE Reading Series at TOPOS BOOKSTORE & CAFE this past Wednesday included an exquisitely hand-folded chapbook of the evening’s readers gifted to all in attendence. Such a pleasure to share the stage with poets DAVID BRADFORD and ANDREW DURBIN (who treated us with an excerpt […]
She’s bringing her onesie. KFB poets DAVID BRADFORD (Call Out) and Jeff KIRBY (She’s Having a Doris Day) join Wonder Press phenom ANDREW DURBIN (Mature Themes) for GROUP HUDDLE VI hosted by PARKER MENZIMER at TOPOS BOOKSTORE CAFE QUEENS NYC MAY 10TH 7PM
…today is the day. knife | fork | book
THIS WEEK | THURSDAY NIGHT POETS KIRBY SHE’S HAVING A DORIS DAY LAUNCH with CA CONRAD APRIL 27TH knife | fork | book at Rick’s Cafe | 281 Augusta Avenue | Kensington Market | Toronto Doors 6:30 Poetry 7-ish
‘I have found my new favourite place on the planet.’ (And, on the eve of my 58th, so have I.) A rapturous night of poetry. CASSIDY McFADZEAN and ULRIKKA S. GERNES knife | fork | book Photos: KIRBY
THIS WEEK | THURSDAY FRIDAY NIGHT POETS ULRIKKA S. GERNES + CASSIDY MCFADZEAN FRIDAY APRIL 21ST Doors 6:30 Poetry 7-ish knife | fork | book at Rick’s Cafe | 281 Augusta Avenue | Kensington Market | Toronto CASSIDY MCFADZEAN is the author of Hacker Packer (McClelland & Stewart 2015), winner of two Saskatchewan Book Awards and shortlisted for […]
They did. A packed house. A six-course meal. A wondrous night. Sue, Dilys, Maureen, Sheila, Nancy, Kelley. THE INCONVENIENTS last night at knife | fork | book UP NEXT at KFB: April 20th WORDS (ON) PAGES. April 21st ULRIKKA GERNES | CASSIDY McFADZEAN. April 27th CAConrad | Jeff KIRBY. April 28th & 29th | CAConradWorkshops: New Moon (Soma)tic Poetry Rituals Photos: KIRBY
We love Biblioasis. We love everything about Biblioasis. We love what we know of Dan, and what we don’t know. We love your independence. We love your locality, your love of customers. Service. Setting the standard. And, we especially love you publish poetry. Good poetry. Great poetry. We love you so much, we bent over backwards […]
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