Bodies of Work: Essays

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Serpent's Tail, 1997 - Literary Collections - 175 pages
Kathy Acker's essays cover a range of subjects, from body-building, through politics and science fiction, to the work of contemporary artists and philosophers. They offer insight into broader issues and figures, including Richard Prince, Kiki Smith, Nayland Blake, the Marquis de Sade, Peter Greenaway and Hannah Arendt.

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Postmodernism
4
Realism for the Cause of Future Revolution
14
Good and Evil in the Work of Nayland Blake
27
Copyright

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Kathy Acker was one of the most original, subversive and influential writers of the late 20th century. Known variously, and notoriously, as a postmodernist, feminist, post-punk and plagiarist, her work - over a dozen novels and novellas - has inspired a generation of writers and artists. She died in 1997.

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