KIRBY IN LONDON MAY 10 & 11
"I thought you said it was small." - Kirby, she
...late BLOOMERS Collective/Q-LIT presents
KIRBY she
w/ Special Guest WILL MANNING Joan Would Say
Friday May 10th at the Variety Café*
Tickets $10 (can go towards the purchase of Kirby new collection, she).
*Seating is limited to 30, as Aretha would say, "Jump to it."
& Good Sport presents:
"Vast. Baby. V A S T. You can always rein it in after. But reach here first." - Kirby, Poetry is Queer
An afternoon "being ruthless with your conditioners," practising the non-habitual, and blowing a few gaskets, guided by Kirby reading and writing through their vibratory queer manifesto, Poetry is Queer.
Calling upon our queer poet elders as touchstones: "What queer good fortune to have remarkable writers—Sappho. Lorde. Clifton. Jordon. Rich. Nguyen. Brossard. Moure. Stein.—quicken us, take our hand, guide, give us the necessary push."
"It's a taken me a lifetime to become this pretty, and I'm mining my queer riches, still. Come, wonder/learn with me." Kb
At a very special price for my London loves!*
An Afternoon w/Kirby: Gird Your Loins
11 May 1-4pm
402.5 Richmond St
Upper left
London, ON
KIRBY’s work includes She (KFB, 2024), Last Licks (Anstruther Press, 2024) Behold (2023), a stage adaption of Poetry is Queer (Palimpsest Press, 2021), What Do You Want to Be Called? (Anstruther Press, 2020), & This Is Where I Get Off (Permanent Sleep Press, 2019). Their column, “The First Time” is a regular feature at Send My Love To Anyone. They are the publisher at knife | fork | book kirbyshe.com
Poster Art: Ian Indiano & Andrés Garzon Espitia
*Limited to 12 participants. If the fee is still a difficulty check in with Andrés at Good Sport