“I came to read.”

ALICE NOTLEY 1945-2025

…and read, she did.

14 March 2020. The evening before the “lockdown.” All of her other readings for the launch of For The Ride (Penguin, 2020) had been cancelled. Her appearance here sold out (about twenty, twenty-five came that night). Alice took the stage and. It was fire.

This ended up being the last KFB event in our own hard-won bricks & mortar home. If there was to be one, a fitting finish.

“When I occasionally stand still, I realize I’m probably already home. My talent isn’t teachable or transferable, but what I know may be. Use me.”

Thank you, Alice.

All photos: Kirby (including cover photo for The Song Cave collection).