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Kathy Acker (née Karen Alexander) (18 April 1947 - 30 November 1997) was an American experimental novelist, prose stylist, playwright, essayist, postmodernist and sex-positive feminist writer. One of the leading experimental writers of her generation, she was strongly influenced by the Black Mountain School, William S. Burroughs, David Antin, French critical theory, philosophy, and pornography. Born to a wealthy Jewish family in Manhattan, New York City, Acker took her last name from her first... full article at wikipedia
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  • 080213193X
  • 1987
  • 0330281860, 033028326X
  • 1988
  • 9780802130754
  • 1994
  • 9780802131935
  • 1984
  • 0394542924, 0394623347
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