KHASHAYAR MOHAMMADI’s 2018 PICKS 1. “Chlorosis” by Michael Flatt and Derrick Mund (The Operating System) As they describe the book themselves, “A break-up letter to the world.” The Echopoetics of “Chlorosis” forces us to face the bitter truths about our environment. through their rhetoric we sit down with 3D Glasses to watch nature crumble all […]
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POETS MICHAEL FLATT + TRAVIS SHARP read poetry by the hearth. Last night. knife | fork | book
KFB FRIDAYS | THIS FRIDAY II. We get home referring to some shitty moldy apartment we take off our clothes referring to the clearance rack at Goodwill we lay down in our bed unsexed and sexless the ritual of getting ready took too long for both of us and after working our collective seven jobs […]
KFB | REVIEW AN ABSENCE SO GREAT AND SPONTANEOUS IT IS EVIDENCE OF LIGHT ANNE GORRICK The Operating System, 2018 Raking knife|fork|book’s shelves for some experimental poetry I came across this little gem by Brooklyn’s The Operating System. I knew the moment I read the title, An Absence So Great and Spontaneous It Is Evidence of […]
KFB REVIEW CHLOROSIS MICHAEL FLATT and DERRICK MUND The Operating System, 2018 I can’t say I’m well acquainted with the independent literary scene outside Canada, but over the past few years, a small press from Brooklyn really stood out for me. The Operating System has managed to wow me over and over again with a […]
THIS SUNDAY we join our friends and colleagues of SMALL PRESS UNION @ BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL, FEATURING THE OPERATING SYSTEM, ARGOS BOOKS, NO, DEAR, TENDER BUTTONS, DOUBLECROSS PRESS, PROJECTIVE INDUSTRIES, AUGURY BOOKS, EOAGH, RESOLVING HOST, KAYROCK SCREENPRINTING, BLOOF BOOKS, HARLEQUIN CREATURE, THREAD MAKES BLANKET, ORGANISM FOR POETIC RESEARCH, KNIFE | FORK | BOOK, BELLADONNA*, LITMUS PRESS, THE DISTANCE PLAN, AND QUIMBY’S BOOKSTORE NYC +++ more! BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL 2018 SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 16TH BOOTHS 607-608 10AM […]
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Vital signs
A jolt to the vitals. LYNNE DESILVA JOHNSON, JUDITH GOLDMAN, and SARAH PINDER remind us of the essentialness of who we are and what keeps us here. Brimming. knife | fork | book
JUST IN SURPRISE GUEST POET JUDITH GOLDMAN (agon, 2017 @the_OS_) joins LYNNE DESILVA-JOHNSON @OnlyWhatICan + SARAH PINDER @compasspoints TONIGHT! k | f | b Doors 6:30 Poetry 7ish#poetrydarlings #KFBFridays #wearsocks #crazygood #nottobemissed pic.twitter.com/gwHH5UJpmC — knifeforkbook (@knifeforkbook) November 24, 2017 JUDITH GOLDMAN is the author of agon (The Operating System, 2017), Vocoder (Roof, 2001), DeathStar/rico-chet (O […]
Every once in awhile, forces collide, like minds surge/ignite, sparks fly. Such was our experience meeting Brooklyn-based artist, poet, publisher, The Operating System‘s LYNNE DE-SILVA JOHNSON, who I simply refer to as “the Force.” To have but a vial of her energies, (but, you get that upon meeting). She’s a firebrand. She cares deeply about […]
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Poet Warrior Princess
I’m her Poet Warrior Princess (and my pony’s name is Lavender). https://twitter.com/damianrogers/status/888035273015259136 What can authors and publishers specifically do to support your bookstore, either locally or from a distance? It’s cheaper to order online. Cheaper. That’s all. It cheapens us all. Everyone knows I’m not getting monetarily rich selling poetry. But Toronto is much richer […]
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