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After Kathy Acker : a literary biography

After Kathy Acker : a literary biography

Book 2017

"Rich girl, street punk, lost girl and icon ... scholar, stripper, victim, and media-whore: The late Kathy Acker's legend and writings are wrapped in mythologies, created mostly by Acker herself. Twenty years after her death, Acker's legend has faded, making her writing more legible. In this first, fully authorized, biography, Chris Kraus approaches Acker both as a writer and as a member of the artistic communities from which she emerged. At once...