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Kathy Acker

By Mark Flanagan, About.com

About Kathy Acker:


Her work incorporates autobiography, self-confessed plagiarism and pornography, often dealing with the relations between power and language. Having never shied away from describing violence and sexuality in graphic detail, Kathy Acker's career has never been less than controversial.

From Kathy Acker:


"When she was finally crazy because she was about to have an abortion, she conceived of the most insane idea that any woman can think of. Which is to love. How can a woman love? By loving someone other than herself. She would love another person." from Don Quixote

Dates:


(1947 - 1997)

Genre(s):


Novels; Essays

Recent Work:


Pussy,King of the Pirates, 1995

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