Kathy Acker
Kathy Acker Acker in 1984 Born Karen Lehmann (1947-04-18)April 18, 1947 New York City, United States Died November 30, 1997(1997-11-30) (aged 50) Tijuana, Mexico Occupation Novelist, playwright, essayist, poet Notable works Blood and Guts in High School (novel) Great Expectations New York (short story) Notable awards Pushcart Prize (1979) Spouse Robert Acker (1966–????) Peter Gordon (1976–????) Kathy Acker (née Karen Lehmann; April 18, 1947 – November 30, 1997) was 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.