Kathy Acker
Kathy Acker
Kathy Ackerwas an American experimental novelist, punk poet, playwright, essayist, postmodernist and sex-positive feminist writer. She was strongly influenced by the Black Mountain School, William S. Burroughs, David Antin, French critical theory, philosophy and pornography...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth18 April 1947
CountryUnited States of America
writing expression machines
Writing must be a machine for breaking down, that is, allowing the now uncontrolled and uncontrollable reconstitutions of thoughts and expressions. All other kinds of writing simply express.
american-activist
I mean, once work's out there it's meant to be used.
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I found my voice was a reaction to all that voice stuff.
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But I still don't have a clear idea of what my voice is.
american-activist people
Traveling around I don't think people are that horrible, I think they just don't know.
country effective political
And internalization is used in this country as a very effective political tool.
american-activist modernist
I question: do we really understand the differences between modernist and postmodernist?
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You can do whatever you want with my work.
american-activist fascinated practices techniques various wondering
I'm really fascinated and you know I've been wondering about that usage of language, various breathing techniques and why in these practices language is being used in another way.
american-activist bad
There's a backlash against womyn that's really bad right now.
american-activist country power
One of the reasons I think the ultra right-wing has such power in this country is that no one talks out.
american-activist censor work
I mean, they censor your work when they're scared of it.
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I write it to get it out of me. I don't write it to remember it.
american-activist country internal
I think what we have in this country is a little more dangerous in a way because it can't be seen fully. It's sorta internal censorship. We censor each other.