GO ASK ALICE Reading
About This Event
GO ASK ALICE Reading offers a staged reading that sits between narrative delivery and a live rock set, bringing spoken text and song-leaning structure into the same room at the Knitting Factory. The performer, active on New York’s club circuit, draws on DIY rock performance and reading-room discipline rather than conservatory training, favoring clarity of voice and measured timing.
About Go Ask Alice
Go Ask Alice is a 1971 book about a teenage girl who develops a drug addiction at age 15 and runs away from home on a journey of self-destructive escapism. Attributed to "Anonymous" and first published in the United States, the book is in diary form, and was originally presented as being the edited actual diary of the unnamed teenage protagonist. Questions about the book's authenticity and true authorship began to arise in the late 1970s, and Beatrice Sparks is now generally viewed as the author of the found manuscript–styled fictional document. Sparks went on to write numerous other books purporting to be real diaries of troubled teenagers. Some sources have also named Linda Glovach as a co-author of the book. Nevertheless, its popularity has endured, and, as of 2014, it had remained continuously in print since its publication over four decades earlier.
About the Artist
GO ASK ALICE Reading
GO ASK ALICE Reading is an individual Rock/Pop performer whose work is framed as a staged reading, balancing narrative delivery with the pacing of a live set. Based in New York City’s club circuit, they appear at the Knitting Factory, where spoken text and song-leaning structure share the same room.