Kathy Acker
Karen "Kathy" Acker (née Alexander) (18.4. 1947 – 30.11. 1997) bila je američka spisateljica eksperimentalnih romana, dramatičarka, esejistica i seks-pozitivna feministkinja. Smatrala se jednom od vodećih eksperimentalnih pisaca svoje generacije, a na njen opus su značajno utjecali Black Mountain School, William Burroughs, David Antin i francuska kritička teorija, filozofija i pornografija.
| Kathy Acker | |
|---|---|
| Biografske informacije | |
| Rođenje | New York, New York, SAD |
| Smrt | 30. 11. 1997. (dob: 50) Tijuana, Meksiko |
| Obrazovanje | |
| Zanimanje | spisateljica romana, dramatičarka, esejistica, pjesnikinaj |
Objavljena djela
uredi- Politics (1972)
- Childlike Life of the Black Tarantula By the Black Tarantula (1973)
- I Dreamt I Was a Nymphomaniac: Imagining (1974)
- Adult Life of Toulouse Lautrec (1978)
- N.Y.C. in 1979 (1981)
- Great Expectations (1983)
- Algeria : A Series of Invocations Because Nothing Else Works (1984)
- Blood and Guts in High School (1984)
- Don Quixote: Which Was a Dream (1986)
- Literal Madness: Three Novels (Reprinted 1987)
- My Death My Life by Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Florida
- Wordplays 5 : An Anthology of New American Drama (1987)
- Empire of the Senseless (1988)
- In Memoriam to Identity (1990)
- Hannibal Lecter, My Father (1991)
- My Mother: Demonology (1994)
- Pussycat Fever (1995)
- Dust. Essays (1995)
- Pussy, King of the Pirates (1996)
- Bodies of Work : Essays (1997)
- Portrait of an Eye: Three Novels (reprint 1998)
- Redoing Childhood (2000) audio-CD, KRS 349.
- "Rip-Off Red, Girl Detective" (iud. 2002 od rukopisa iz 1973)
Literatura
uredi- Lust for Life: On the Writings of Kathy Acker, ed. Carla Harryman, Avital Ronell, and Amy Scholder (Verso, 2006)
- Devouring Institutions: The Life Work of Kathy Acker, ed. Michael Hardin (Hyperbole/San Diego State University Press: 2004). DEVOURING INSTITUTIONS
- "no one can find little girls any more: Kathy Acker in Australia" , (1997). Documentary film by Jonathan and Felicity Dawson. Griffith University, 90 minutes.
Izvori
urediEksterni linkovi
uredi- Oblivion: Kathy Acker's CalArts website Arhivirano 2007-08-11 na Wayback Machine-u
- Matias Viegener's memoir of Acker's death. Viegener was a close friend who was with her when she died and is currently Acker's literary executor.
- Inventory of the Kathy Acker Papers, 1972–1997 and n.d. Arhivirano 2006-11-29 na Wayback Machine-u, at Duke University
- Kill Rock Stars artist page, including mp3 sample track from Redoing Childhood
- A Conversation with Kathy Acker By Ellen G. Friedman Arhivirano 2008-03-08 na Wayback Machine-u