Kathy Acker (1947–1997)
Author of Blood and Guts in High School
About the Author
Image credit: Courtesy of Serpent's Tail Press
Works by Kathy Acker
Literal Madness: Kathy Goes to Haiti; My Death My Life by Pier Paolo Pasolini; Florida (1987) 209 copies
Rip-Off Red, Girl Detective and The Burning Bombing of America: The Destruction of the U.S. (2002) 69 copies
Associated Works
Storming the Reality Studio: A Casebook of Cyberpunk and Postmodern Science Fiction (1991) — Contributor — 244 copies
The Graphic Canon, Vol. 3: From Heart of Darkness to Hemingway to Infinite Jest (2013) — Contributor — 141 copies
unmuzzled ox 13 — Contributor — 7 copies
Manroot 8: Womanhood — Contributor — 5 copies
Big Deal #2 — Contributor — 3 copies
Saturday Morning, Vol. II no. 1 & 2 (New York City Issue) — Contributor — 3 copies
Tree 4: Winter 1974 — Contributor — 2 copies
L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E, Number 9/10, (Vol. 2, No. 3 and 4) — Contributor — 1 copy
In'hui, No.9 — Contributor — 1 copy
Empty Elevator Shaft 1 — Contributor — 1 copy
Open Letter 5.1, L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E Issue — Contributor — 1 copy
Bad Breath / Stage Ax / Emily Likes the TV, #3 — Contributor — 1 copy
Famous, The Fred Lynn Issue — Contributor — 1 copy
Strange Faeces 15 — Contributor — 1 copy
Stooge Thirteen, Spring 1975 — Contributor — 1 copy
QU 9, Kathy Acker Issue — Contributor — 1 copy
SO & SO, Vol. II No. 1 — Contributor — 1 copy
Hills 8, Summer, 1981 — Contributor — 1 copy
Idiolects 14 — Contributor — 1 copy
Paris Exiles, Vol. 1 No. 1, Winter 1984 — Contributor — 1 copy
BOMB, Winter 1986, No. XIV — Contributor — 1 copy
Crawl Out Your Window #9 & 10 — Contributor — 1 copy
Crawl Out Your Window #7 — Contributor — 1 copy
Periodics, Number 5, Spring 1979 — Contributor — 1 copy
Crawl Out Your Window #5 & 6 — Contributor — 1 copy
Crawl Out Your Window #3 — Contributor — 1 copy
Crawl Out Your Window #2 — Contributor — 1 copy
Crawl Out Your Window #1 — Contributor — 1 copy
The 4 3 2 Review, No. 1 — Contributor — 1 copy
Crawl Out Your Window #8 — Contributor — 1 copy
Personal Injury Magazine, no. 1, May 1975 — Contributor — 1 copy
Spanner NYC (Red) — Contributor — 1 copy
Journal: The Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Number 4, February 1975 — Contributor — 1 copy
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Other names
- Alexander, Karen (birth name)
- Birthdate
- 1947-04-18
- Date of death
- 1997-11-30
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Manhattan, New York, USA
- Place of death
- Tijuana, Mexico
- Cause of death
- cancer
- Places of residence
- San Diego, California, USA
San Francisco, California, USA
London, England, UK - Education
- Brandeis University (classics)
University of California, San Diego (BA|1968)
City University of New York - Occupations
- novelist
playwright
essayist
actor
sex worker
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Reviews
i lift, therefore i am.
the miracle is in the meaning ->
the miracle is in the meaning ->
I really enjoyed the first story but could not at all get into the second.
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- Works
- 55
- Also by
- 56
- Members
- 4,351
- Popularity
- #5,764
- Rating
- 3.6
- Reviews
- 58
- ISBNs
- 127
- Languages
- 10
- Favorited
- 26
- Touchstones
- 125
Just what is this book out to prove? What do we gain from having read it? A disfiguring, faithless vision of society, men and women. There is some reality in it, something chimes with recognition despite the crazed intensity and bleakness of the plot. We gain the edge of daring insight, is it, the edge of an insight that does not look away.
The pictorial sections are refreshing and creative. I am grateful for them.… (more)