Notley, Alice 1975; 1984
An Homage to Frank O’Hara
Friday, November 30, 1984
with Paul Carroll
What I lose you let me, accusation
always gets one in. But I want to talk like the dead
remember that town where we went or
how do I know when I’m just a soul – not
when I’m leading?
– Alice Notely, “My Sea”
Watch a Alice Notley read her work at the University of Chicago:
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The Renaissance Society and Poem Present co-presented this reading by Alice Notley on November 17, 2011. Notley has published over 25 books of poetry, including Grave of Light: New and Selected Poems 1970-2005 (2006), awarded the Lenore Marhsall Poetry Prize; Disobedience (2001), awarded the Griffin International Poetry Prize; Mysteries of a Small House (1998); The Descent of Alette (1996); Close to me & Closer .
An old woman of indeterminate race, in white hat
and scarf, no teeth staring back at me.
He sounded brittle and superior last night, do the
dead do that; Grandma had a plethora of tones of voice
compared to anyone in this anthology…
– Alice Notley, “The Anthology”
Read an interview with Alice Notely from the Boston Review:
“At the Mercy of My Poetic Voice”: An Interview with Alice Notley – Boston Review
Collaged fan. Image provided by Alice Notley. Talking with Alice Notley, I was equally struck by her ferocious integrity-her insistence, for
