The First Time "Floundering [Not Dead]" | Kirby

It’s not depression, though it appears so at times. It’s closer to poverty. Depletion. Loss. More associated with the loss of familiarity, of character. A lack of presence.

DANI SPINOSA in support of KATE SIKLOSI SELVAGE LAUNCH at TYPE BOOKS JUNCTION

“People have been tellin’ me the Toronto Lit Scene is dead.”

About two dozen of us make it out to a poet’s book launch in the Junction. A good showing. For many in Toronto, this is viewed as a distance too far, when it’s actually a pretty direct route just off the subway line, s…