Alice Notley

Saturday evening, February 24

7pm

St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church

545 S. 5th Ave

presented by

POG

Chax Press

and

The University of Arizona Poetry Center

Admission $5; Students $3

Alice Notley was born in Bisbee in 1945, and she now lives in Paris.  For sixteen years, she lived in New York City, becoming a central figure in the second generation of the New York School.   She is the author of more than twenty-five books of poetry including the epic poem The Descent of Alette (Penguin 1996) and Mysteries of Small Houses (1998) which was a Pulitzer Prize finalist and winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Poetry.  Recent books include Alma, or The Dead Woman, Disobedience, and Grave of Light: New and Selected Poems.  Robert Creeley described Alice Notely as “a master poet who returns art to its primal powers.”

POETRY IN ACTION

Spring 2007

February 24: poet Alice Notley

March 17: poets  Cynthia Hogue and Brent Cunningham

March 31: poet Harryette Mullen (this event will begin at 5pm); Harryette Mullen will also present a paper Saturday morning as part of the Arizona Quarterly Annual Symposium)

April 7: poets Hoa Nguyen and Rodney Phillips

April 21: poets Richard Katrovas and Alison Deming

all events take place Saturday evenings, 7pm, at Dinnerware Gallery, 101 W 6th Street,

in Tucson's Downtown Arts District, unless otherwise noted

Harryette Mullen's appearance is co-sponsored by The Arizona Quarterly, The University of Arizona Poetry Center, and Chax Press

Alice Notley's appearance is co-sponsored by The University of Arizona Poetry Center and Chax Press

Richard Katrovas's appearance is co-sponsored by the University of Arizona College of Humanities

Already Happened:

October 14: poets Elizabeth Robinson, Jaime Robles, Susanne Dyckman, Michelle Auerbach, Catherine Wagner (these writers will also be presenting papers at the Rocky Mountain MLA Convention in Tucson)

October 22: poet Linh Dinh

November 18: poet Sheila Murphy and poet/artist Barbara Henning

POG events are sponsored in part by grants from the Tucson/Pima Arts Council, the Arizona Commission on the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts. POG also benefits from the continuing support of The University of Arizona Poetry Center, the Arizona Quarterly, Chax Press, and The University of Arizona Department of English. 

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