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The sweetest thing.

I couldn’t tell you exactly why I associate this pretty pop song, “The Sweetest Thing” by Camera Obscura every time I think of Dale. Then again, it’s obvious… my life so much sweeter with him then without, the loving care and abiding friendship between us (along with his partner, Hoa Nguyen), our mutual affection for […]

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Fence in cursive

starling burdock mullien clover dandelion “I’m writing in a fence,” my friend Sadiqa shares sending a photo of a cursive l and I knew then & there I must go stand beside her, see this wonder. Yesterday, we did. Sadiqa de Meijer, “The Ones That Made Landfall,” 2023, repurposed cotton + polyester fabric. 2023 Eco-Art […]

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CATHERINE GRAHAM “THE SHORT POEM” WORKSHOP MAY 25TH

  KFB POETRY LAB WELCOMES “Graham’s poems are sparely worded but full of evocative images that vividly convey a wide range of emotion, from passion to grief.” —CBC Books “Master of the short poem.” – Kirby CATHERINE GRAHAM THE SHORT POEM WORKSHOP Compression, image, metaphor, voice—there are many routes to the short poem. How does it […]

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At Hoa’s

Reading Notley. Celebrating Joanne Kyger’s birthday. Poet HOA NGUYEN‘s poetry class. Sundays.  

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Among friends

A wonderfully rare opportunity. Poets JONATHAN GARFINKEL + JERAMY DODDS speak of friendship and writing. Last night. knife | fork | book

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Good friends

kb: [my fantasy] Can I get the two of  you in a bathtub? jg: Actually, Jeramy helped me caulk the tiles in my bathroom. Fellow poets, good friends. JERAMY DODDS (DRAKKAR NOIR, Coach House Books, 2017) + JONATHAN GARFINKEL (BOCIANY STORKS, knife fork book, 2017) allow us to be ‘a fly on the wall’ in […]

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A P P A R A T U S

T H U R S D A Y   knife | fork | book Doors 6:30  Launch 7-ish    

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Everyday is like

  Sunday. In January. And it feels like it, beneath her mother’s quilt. Does she even want to? (no, it’s Sunday… and she does) 506 High Park to Augusta and the shop greeted by C.J., Aaron, and Takatsu and their glorious new arrival, APPARATUS, an anthology of emerging writers on their own imprint, Inspiritus Press. And it’s a […]

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Mad about mags

The extraordinary new issue of MATRIX MAGAZINE, edited by poet ROXANNA BENNETT now in store alongside The Antigonish Review, Arc Poetry Magazine, BRICK, Broken Pencil, CV2, The Fiddlehead, The Four Poets, Grain, The Malahat Review, Prairie Fire, Room, Vallum, and more. knife | fork | book

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Love letter

  I don’t know how or when I met poet Maureen Hynes. I believe she actually met me. Because that’s what Maureen Hynes does. She meets others, greets them, with a geniune decided interest, a curiosity and warmth that includes you, brings you into the fold. I may not remember how or when, but I […]