South Africans in Jozi and Cape Town got a chance to see Alix Olson at the Out In Africa film festival in 2007, where she talked about the documentary about her, Left Lane on the Road and performed some of her amazing poetry. If you haven't read/heard her words, you really need to. Consider that a direct order. (Over a year later, I interviewed her by email).

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