Kathy Acker

Kathy Acker (1947-1997) was an American experimental novelist, playwright, poet, and essayist known for her idiosyncratic and transgressive writing that dealt with themes such as childhood trauma, sexuality and rebellion. Her best-known novel is Blood and Guts in High School, her earliest work is collected in Portrait of an Eye, and her last novel is Pussy, King of the Pirates. Chris Kraus's recent After Kathy Acker is the first biography about the writer, and Jason McBride's new biography is forthcoming in 2022. McKenzie Wark's Philosophy for Spiders: On the Low Theory of Kathy Acker is coming out soon. Kathy Acker: The Last Interview is the best collection of interviews with the author; it gives you her thoughts on her work in her own words.