
Kathy Acker - Wikipedia
In 2013, the Acker Award was launched and named for Kathy Acker. Awarded to living and deceased members of the San Francisco or New York avant-garde art scene, the award is financed by Alan Kaufman and Clayton Patterson .
Kathy Acker | Biography, Poems, Books, Bodybuilding, Don ...
Kathy Acker was an American novelist whose writing style and subject matter reflect the so-called punk sensibility that emerged in the 1970s. Among her notable books are Blood and Guts in High School (1984), Empire of the Senseless (1988), and My Mother: Demonology (1993).
Kathy Acker’s Art of Identity Theft - The New Yorker
Nov 28, 2022 · Kathy Acker’s Art of Identity Theft By stealing the work of others, the author remade herself—and reinvented what autobiographical writing could be. By Maggie Doherty
Jason McBride's bracing Kathy Acker biograpy 'Eat Your Mind ...
Nov 21, 2022 · Kathy Acker, who reached cult fame after her 1997 death, lying next to her library in her Lower East Side loft in 1983.
Kathy Acker | The Poetry Foundation
Novelist, essayist, and performance artist Kathy Acker was born and raised in New York City. She was educated at Brandeis University and the University of California at San Diego, where she earned her BA.
Let’s talk about Kathy Acker, the queer punk feminist poet ...
Mar 18, 2024 · Let’s talk about Kathy Acker, the queer punk feminist poet playwright, and how one of the only people to have staged her work was a white man who got it wrong. DandD Archivist ‘Without language the only people the rebels can kill are themselves.’
Kathy Acker: Dead Doll Humility - Literary Kicks
Feb 24, 2015 · That was a lonely era for a serious indie voice of the streets, but Kathy Acker played her role with style and class. She died of cancer in 1997, when she was only 50 years old and had a lot more writing to do.