I'll be there--and it looks like Li will too, so we can meet at last! A veritable blogfest. Oh, and Notley's pretty good too.

*************** ALICE NOTLEY ****************
at the University of Chicago

Monday, November 10, 5:30 p.m. (Classics 10): Poetry reading

Tuesday, November 11, 4:30 p.m. (Wieboldt 408): "My Lines"

A reception will follow the reading on Monday.

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Known as one of the most important voices in the second generation of The New York School, Alice Notley is author of more than 20 books of poetry, including The Descent of Alette (1996) and Disobedience (2001), which won the Griffin International Poetry Prize for 2002. She has published an autobiography, Tell Me Again (1982), and works also as a painter and collage artist. In 2001, she received an Academy Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the Shelly Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of America. She lives in Paris, France.