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Kathy Acker
2 catalogued objects connected to Kathy Acker.
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Biography
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Kathy Acker was an American experimental novelist and performance artist whose work brought together autobiography, popular culture and appropriated literary material. Her books challenged conventional narrative and examined sexuality, desire and the authority exercised by families, institutions and the state.
Her works include Blood and Guts in High School, Don Quixote, Empire of the Senseless and Pussy, King of the Pirates. Public readings were also an important part of her practice, and she collaborated with the Mekons on a musical version of Pussy, King of the Pirates. She died in 1997.
Reviewed 2026-09-06Selected sources
- Kathy Acker — Grove AtlanticBooks, performance practice, Mekons collaboration and death year.
- Essential Acker — Grove AtlanticAmerican experimental writing, methods and recurring subjects.
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PER-25B7C5E971BA745C
Represented across objects dated 1984–1989.
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