Alice Notley (November 8, 1945 - May 19, 2025)

Sad to hear that American poet and above/ground press author Alice Notley [photo lifted from her 2018 '12 or 20 questions' interview] died Monday night in Paris. The tributes will be far-reaching, I suspect, from every corner of contemporary writing across these next few days and weeks. For now, we offer condolences to her family and friends. She came through Ottawa to read at VERSeFest in 2018, which prompted her above/ground press title, and her reading was one of the finest I've witnessed.