Kathy Acker



 

Kathy Acker

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born
April 18, 1947

died
November 30, 1997

place of birth
New York, United States

influences
Black Mountain School, William S. Burroughs, David Antin, French critical theory, fast food, pornography


about this author

Acker's writing is as difficult to classify into any particular genre as she herself was. She writes fluidly, operating in the borderlands and junkyards of human experience. Her work is experimental, playful, and provacative, engagingly alienating, narratively non sequitur.




books by Kathy Acker

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avg rating: 3.68 | 1278 ratings | 31 distinct works
Blood and Guts in High School:... Blood and Guts in High School: A Novel (Paperback)
by Kathy Acker
avg rating 3.63 — 310 ratings — published 1978
7 editions
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Empire of the Senseless Empire of the Senseless (Paperback)
by Kathy Acker
avg rating 3.71 — 147 ratings — published 1988
5 editions
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Pussy, King of the Pirates Pussy, King of the Pirates (Paperback)
by Kathy Acker
avg rating 3.57 — 152 ratings — published 1997
3 editions
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Great Expectations Great Expectations (Paperback)
by Kathy Acker
avg rating 3.55 — 130 ratings — published 1989
7 editions
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Don Quixote: Which Was a Dream Don Quixote: Which Was a Dream (Paperback)
by Kathy Acker
avg rating 3.77 — 103 ratings — published 1986
4 editions
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My Mother: Demonology My Mother: Demonology (Hardcover)
by Kathy Acker
avg rating 3.86 — 66 ratings — published 1995
3 editions
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In Memoriam to Identity In Memoriam to Identity (Paperback)
by Kathy Acker
avg rating 3.85 — 65 ratings — published 1998
6 editions
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Portrait of an Eye: Three Nove... Portrait of an Eye: Three Novels - The Childlike Life of the Black Tarantula by the Black Tarantula, I Dreamt I Was a Nymphomaniac - Imaging, the Adult Life Toulouse (Paperback)
by Kathy Acker
avg rating 3.70 — 63 ratings — published 1998
3 editions
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Essential Acker: The Selected... Essential Acker: The Selected Writings of Kathy Acker (Paperback)
by Kathy Acker
avg rating 4.03 — 35 ratings — published 2002
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LITERAL MADNESS LITERAL MADNESS (Acker, Kathy)
by Kathy Acker
avg rating 3.94 — 32 ratings — published 1989
2 editions
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quotes by Kathy Acker

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""...'cause humans, above all, fear intelligence. how humans, scared out of their minds, gather whatever intelligence they can put their hands on and put it all in a central penitentiary named facts...""
Kathy Acker (Pussy, King of the Pirates)
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"i am a limitless series of natural disasters and all of these disasters have been unnaturally repressed."
Kathy Acker (Pussy, King of the Pirates)
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"Love goes away when your mind goes away and then you're someone else.
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Kathy Acker (Blood and Guts in High School)
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