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Bodies of Work

by Kathy Acker

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ISBN13: 9781852424855
ISBN10: 1852424850
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"Scarified sensibility, subversive intellect, and predatory wit make her a writer like no other."-The New York Times

Kathy Acker is widely considered one of the important writers of the late twentieth century, yet her essays are available only in this comprehensive collection. Bodies of Workmaps a wide-ranging cultural territory. From art and cinema, through politics, bodybuilding, science fiction, and the city, they reflect and challenge the times in which we live.

Synopsis:

Scarified sensibility, subversive intellect, and predatory wit make her a writer like no other.-The New York Times

Kathy Acker is widely considered one of the important writers of the late twentieth century, yet her essays are available only in this comprehensive collection. Bodies of Work maps a wide-ranging cultural territory. From art and cinema, through politics, bodybuilding, science fiction, and the city, they reflect and challenge the times in which we live.

About the Author

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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ISBN:
9781852424855
Author:
Acker, Kathy
Publisher:
Serpent's Tail
Author:
Cynthia Carr
Afterword:
Cynthia Carr
Subject:
Essays
Subject:
Multicultural Education
Publication Date:
February 2006
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
179
Dimensions:
7.68x5.26x.52 in. .31 lbs.

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