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The whistle stops here

THIS THURSDAY | THURSDAY NIGHT POETS LISE GASTON EMILY IZSAK JESSI MACEACHERN MICHAEL BELCHER JUNE 1ST knife | fork | book at Rick’s Cafe | 281 Augusta Avenue | Kensington Market | Toronto Doors 6:30  Poetry 7-ish LISE GASTON grew up on both sides of Canada, in Fredericton and Victoria, and has also lived in Toronto, Halifax, […]

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Kill me after

  ALEXANDRA CAUFIN  NEIL SURKAN  FAN WU  NOOR NAGA  JOSHUA WHITEHEAD ANDRE BABYN Let this be my wake.   knife | fork | book Photos: KIRBY

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‘PO-e-try darlings!’

and we’re a bookshop.  knife | fork | book see also: ‘My blessed life.’

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Marvelous

  I marvel at that stranger, so confident of body, of future. RUTH ROACH PIERSON from REALIGNMENT (Palimpsest Press) THIS WEEK | THURSDAY NIGHT POETS RUTH ROACH PIERSON SUE CHENETTE JACLYN PIUDIK MAY 25TH knife | fork | book at Rick’s Cafe | 281 Augusta Avenue | Kensington Market | Toronto Doors 6:30  Poetry 7-ish SUE CHENETTE, classical […]

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Loaded

Poetry, darlings.  knife | fork | book [click on image to enlarge]

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‘What a great night of poetry.’

or, as William would say, ‘FUCKING GREAT!’ WORDS (ON) STAGES WORDS (ON) PAGES PARENTHETICAL LAUNCH with EDWARD ANKI JASMINE GUI CATRIONA WRIGHT J.C. BOUCHARD NICOLE BREWER WILLIAM KEMP and Special Guest opener PEARL PIRIE Photos: KIRBY

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Pearl. Poet.

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 sweat

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, […]

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All poetry. All the time.

  Poetry-filled days. We’re OPEN.  knife | fork | book

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Delectable

  Our new menu. Super fresh (and o, so pretty).  knife | fork | book