What pulls She’s Having A Doris Day together is the sense of honesty about it all, the openness of voice and experience that weaves itself through the eight poems. What Kirby does with their work is important. The poems speak of how a search for personal identity is often fraught with challenges, but is just […]
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KIRBY SHE’S HAVING A DORIS DAY NOW ON AUDIOBOOK
View this post on Instagram So wonderful to return to the studio with @thedonpyle recording the audio book of SHE'S HAVING A DORIS DAY @knifeforkbook #outsoon A post shared by KIRBY (@itsakirby) on Jun 21, 2018 at 5:13pm PDT
TONIGHT! ROXANNA BENNETT UNSEEN GARDEN KIRBY SHE’S HAVING A DORIS DAY MONDAY JUNE 18TH WHITBY PUBLIC LIBRARY CENTRAL BRANCH DOORS 7PM FREE ALL ACCESS ROXANNA BENNETT IS A DISABLED POET AND THE AUTHOR OF THE UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE (TIGHTROPE BOOKS, 2014) AND UNSEEN GARDEN (KNIFE | FORK | BOOK, 2018). HER WORK HAS APPEARED IN BITCH MAGAZINE, SLICE MAGAZINE, THE DALHOUSIE REVIEW, […]
Toronto artist PHILIP HARE lovingly created this exquisite rendition of KIRBY’S “You’re Welcome” from their chapbook She’s Having a Doris Day, KFB’s newest broadside, available for preorder online ShopKFB.
It’s exactly one year ago that KFB’s first little chapbook launched, KIRBY’s SHE’S HAVING A DORIS DAY, cleverly disguised as a pink bon bon with legs that kick. Four printings later, nearly 400 copies sold, fellow KFB poet JONATHAN GARFINKEL BOCIANY (STORKS) and myself invite you to celebrate with us this TUESDAY MAY 1ST reading at […]
This afternoon. Poets. Friends. Alice Burdick. Kirby. Laughter. Joy. knife | fork | book Photos: KIRBY
View this post on Instagram It’s National Poetry Month! I know @itsakirby has big plans at @knifeforkbook which I am excited for. But, Kirby is also a great poet! Here is She’s Having a Doris Day (with poem when you swipe through) – can’t wait for the new full manuscript! * * * * * […]
“IN [KIRBY’S] SHE’S HAVING A DORIS DAY, THERE ARE JUXTAPOSITIONS BETWEEN WHITE MIDDLE CLASS POLITESSE AND WHAT’S HIDDEN BENEATH THE SURFACE, SUCH AS COCKROACHES IN “WHITE SALE”, A PRISTINE BED THAT IS NEVER USED FOR SEX. I LIKE THE WAY GENDER IS HANDLED IN AN ALMOST CASUAL WAY IN THIS POEM. IN “ADAM’S FEET” WE […]
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