Alice Notley's Alma, or The Dead Women is a cross-genre book, poem/novel, poetry/prose, comedy/tragedy, that submits to no discipline but it...
read full description
reviews
Oct 15, 2011
Janet
rated it: 
Just started this, and now that I've started, I've found reviews of Notley's work that say one should read the other books before attempting this one. Well, too late now! It's dense for sure, yeah, almost incomprehensible. Short chapters--prose poems and verse--voices of various women. It's like reading a foreign language and coming across phrases that you actually understand, and they're amazing and profound, urge you onwards. Sometimes one must hurl oneself at the incomprehensible. This thin
More...
Apr 20, 2008
K.
rated it: 
I'm currently rereading, with more attention (and interest) Alice Notley's Alma, or The Dead Women. I'm not going to write a review, since I'm not finished with the book, but I think it will help if I blog my thoughts as I'm reading and thinking.
This is an angry book. I like it that Alma is angry. She's not a heroin like Allette. Alma's a hag, not a warrior. She's a bit like the Cailleach or MorrÃgna--she's a god but no one really treats her like one. Alma shoots up into her forehead a More...
This is an angry book. I like it that Alma is angry. She's not a heroin like Allette. Alma's a hag, not a warrior. She's a bit like the Cailleach or MorrÃgna--she's a god but no one really treats her like one. Alma shoots up into her forehead a More...
Apr 11, 2008
Ashleyj
rated it:
Thisi is poetry/prose. Very hard to follow. I had many questions about this book that were luckily answered when I was able to meet Alice Notley. A New Yorker, she is very blunt and confusing just like this book. The reason I loved it is because of the format of her pages in the book. The line breaks help the reader to understand where she wants to to put emphasis on phrases, words or paragraphs. Alma: is a dead woman, but is alive, it is an owl, Alma is Alice. It's nuts but like nothing
More...
Jul 28, 2010
Megan
rated it: 
so far, i'm mainly confused by this. drug addiction and ghosts or split personalities and largely nonsensical grammar all make it hard to follow, but sometimes a sentence or phrase or even blurted word pops out of the haze and shocks me.
Apr 29, 2009
Laura
rated it:
if alice provided infrastructure for a cult , i'd be there . ... ..
0 comments
like
(1 person liked it)
Feb 09, 2012
Feb 05, 2012
Jan 25, 2012
Dec 18, 2011
Dec 14, 2011
Dec 11, 2011
Dec 09, 2011
Nov 29, 2011
Nov 25, 2011
Nov 04, 2011
Nov 03, 2011
Oct 27, 2011
Sep 20, 2011
Sep 07, 2011
Jul 25, 2011
Jul 25, 2011
Jun 23, 2011
Jun 06, 2011
Dec 28, 2010
