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KIRBY
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from the author of POETRY IS QUEER, SHE, + THIS IS WHERE I GET OFF

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KIRBY @itsakirby.bsky.social · 7d
The whole Kirby-kitten kaboodle! 💅

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KIRBY FO[U]RPLAY
"This way >>>" (or, "How to Winter.") The whole Kirby-kitten kaboodle! THIS IS WHERE I GET OFFPOETRY IS QUEERSHEFAIRYKirby Complete: Four full-length collections, from their sex-drenched OG debut to ...
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She bows. 🧚‍♂️
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Andre Zwieskowski #dance #ballet #dancer #beautiful #boy #backstage #makeup #dress #super #star
YouTube video by Lyon Keung
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November 1, 2026 at 2:38 AM
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Punky's lit. 🔥 🎃
November 1, 2026 at 12:04 AM
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To @themockler.bsky.social

fairy @palimpsestpress.bsky.social
kirby kirbyfairy.ca
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October 31, 2026 at 1:21 AM
itsakirby.bsky.social
On their walk. #yesterday

1. Sir Daniel Wilson Residence (my first abode in TO, 1983).
2. A pole on St George Street.
3. Meeting Jim for my favourite veal sammie (w/hot peppers) at California Sandwiches on Claremont.
4. This ginko (Suzanne's favourite) Claremont Street.
October 31, 2026 at 12:50 AM
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Morning ablaze. #offthebalcony #peakfall #churchstpublicschool
October 31, 2026 at 12:40 AM
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The plant Suzanne told me not to give up on.
#onthebalcony #kirbyfairy #whatkeepsmehere

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October 31, 2026 at 12:28 AM
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She got new readers.

Thank you Makayla at #dresdenvision #littleitaly for their kindnesses.
October 30, 2026 at 1:36 AM
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“Reading a poem is not enough. We know how to start fires.”

My new column @themockler.bsky.social #sendmylovetoanyone #SMLTA #thefirsttime

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“Please, please, dear ones. Exceed us.”
Poet, Jamie Kittts. Nothing shy of a war cry.
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October 30, 2026 at 12:47 AM
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"Is there a 'fairy' in your home?" #kirbyfairy

fairy
kirby kirbyfairy.ca
@palimpsestpress.bsky.social
October 28, 2026 at 1:28 AM
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Celebrating "fairy" with friends. kirbyfairy.ca

Thank you @james-lindsay.bsky.social & family.
October 28, 2026 at 1:16 AM
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October 28, 2026 at 1:12 AM
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I finished reading Fairy today. Especially appreciated the performance pieces from the 80s. And the cautionary tag line not to mistake pride for liberation. Splendid.
October 28, 2026 at 1:00 AM
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The highly-honoured wire paperback book rack. @anotherstoryto.bsky.social #kirbyfairy #racked #getyours

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October 28, 2026 at 12:15 AM
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Thank you @staranise99.bsky.social
October 28, 2026 at 12:03 AM
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50! #WWR50 #hotdamn #celebrate

50 Years of The White Wall Review

Wednesday, 04 November 2026
4:30-7pm

Jorgenson Hall, 14th Floor, Room 1402
380 Victoria Street
Toronto Metropolitan University
October 27, 2026 at 4:20 PM
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“The boys at the baths loved me. Of course, they were all drunk and high and would've loved a French poodle barking out "Jingle Bells"!”

― Holly Woodlawn #BOTD
Holly Woodlawn in Scarecrow In A Garden Of Cucumbers (1971)
October 26, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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Baldwin Street. Kensington Market.
#getagrip #ontheirwalk #today #kirbyfairy
October 27, 2026 at 1:03 AM
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"To be finished would be a relief"

Full-on Missy-fit. #goodnightdarlins

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The Teachers Are Afraid of the Pupils
YouTube video by Morrissey - Topic
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October 26, 2026 at 1:56 AM
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Lucille Clifton, from My Soul Looks Back, 'Less I Forget: A Collection of Quotations by People of Color (1993)
they ask me to remember/ but they want me to remember/ their memories/ and I keep remembering/ mine. LUCILLE CLIFTON, "Why Some People Be Mad at Me Sometimes," Next, 1987
October 25, 2026 at 11:30 PM
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davidforbes.bsky.social
Relevant bit of history today. ACT UP poster against anti-queer bigotry from both parties. 1992.
ACT UP poster with a skull between an elephant and a donkey and the words "AIDS is a primary issue" "The Republicans want us dead The Democrats don't care"
October 25, 2026 at 2:56 PM
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moma.bsky.social
Barbara Hepworth, Conoid, Sphere and Hollow, 1937
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136962
Bequest of Virginia C. Field
October 26, 2026 at 12:25 AM
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knifeforkbook.bsky.social
"words that make up Understatement[s] that once caused unseen scars are now badges with honour. They have become labels that have been embraced by the LGBTQ+community & are worn proudly, defiantly."

PHILIP HARE @philiphare.bsky.social
Understatements #KFB10

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October 26, 2026 at 1:21 AM
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Take me out. #Winnepeg #WPL #kirbyfairy

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Find at your local indie. Request at your Home Branch #libraries

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October 26, 2026 at 1:38 AM
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Vancouver. Take me out. @vancouverlibrary.bsky.social
(and request "fairy" at your home branch).

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Poetry Is Queer — Vancouver Public Library
Poetry Is Queer — Kirby — Poetry is Queer is a kaleidoscope of sexual outlaws, gay icons, Sapphic poets, and great lovers - real and imagined - conjured like gateway drugs to a queer world. Claiming t...
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October 26, 2026 at 1:30 AM
itsakirby.bsky.social
The whole Kirby-kitten kaboodle! 💅

www.knifeforkbook.shop/store/p221/K...
KIRBY FO[U]RPLAY
"This way >>>" (or, "How to Winter.") The whole Kirby-kitten kaboodle! THIS IS WHERE I GET OFFPOETRY IS QUEERSHEFAIRYKirby Complete: Four full-length collections, from their sex-drenched OG debut to ...
www.knifeforkbook.shop
October 26, 2026 at 12:45 AM