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.
writing connections language
A language is the appearances of connections therefore language as in writing doesn't express anything: it creates.
writing thinking magic
First of all, writing at best - certainly fiction writing - more and more I think is magic.
dream writing people
I might be writing what people expect me to write, writing from that place where I might be ruled by economic considerations. To overcome that, I started working with my dreams, because Im not so censored when I use dream material.
writing after-death happens
I'm what happens after death, which is writing.
writing thinking jazz
Well, I think writing is basically about time and rhythm. Like with jazz. You have your basic melody and then you just riff off of it. And the riffs are about timing.
american-activist
I mean, once work's out there it's meant to be used.
american-activist
I found my voice was a reaction to all that voice stuff.
american-activist
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?
american-activist
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.