Kathy Acker papers, 1972-1997 and undated

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Summary

Creator:
Acker, Kathy, 1948-1997
Extent:
21.0 Linear Feet
0.03 Gigabytes
Language:
English.
Collection ID:
RL.00011

Background

Scope and content:

The papers of Kathy Acker, 1975-1996 and undated, are comprised, for the most part, of manuscript drafts of her novels, short stories, and other miscellaneous writings ranging from early works such as The Childlike Life of the Black Tarantula (1975) to her last novel Pussy, King of the Pirates (1996). Described as a cyberpunk author and performance artist, Acker's novels question the strictures of female sexuality and the power of language.

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
1948 Born.
1963-65 Studied Classics at Brandeis University.
1967 Received BA from University of California at San Diego (UCSD).
1968-1970 Studied at UCSD Department of Literature.
1971 Studied at New York University Classics Department.
1975 Published The Childlike Life of the Black Tarantula.
1975-1976 Creative Artists' Public Services Program New York State Grant For Fiction.
1978 Published Kathy Goes to Haiti.
1980 Published I Dreamt I Became A Nymphomaniac: Imagining.
1980 Published The Adult Life of Toulouse-Lautrec.
1980-1981 Instructor, The San Francisco Art Institute, Video and Performance Department.
1981 Pushcart Prize.
1982 Published Hello, I'm Erica Jong.
1983 Published Great Expectations.
1984 Published Algeria: A Series of Invocations Because Nothing Else Works.
1984 Published Blood and Guts in High School.
1986 Published Don Quixote.
1988 Published Empire of the Senseless.
1988 My Death, My Life, By Pier Paolo Pasolini published in Literal Madness.
1989 Published Young Lust; Kathy Goes to Haiti; The Adult Life of Toulouse Lautrec; Florida.
1990 Published The Seven Cardinal Virtues.
1990 Published In Memoriam to Identity.
1991 Published Hannibal Lecteur, My Father.
1991-1995 Adjunct Professor, San Francisco Art Institute.
1992 Published Portrait of an Eye: Three Novels.
1993 Published My Mother Demonology.
1994 Visiting Professor, UCSD.
1994 Visiting Professor, University of California at Santa Barbara.
1994 Visiting Professor, University of Idaho.
1996 Published Pussy, King of the Pirates.
1997 Died.
Acquisition information:
The Kathy Acker Papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a purchase in 1999-2002, 2012, 2014.
Processing information:

Processed by Jennifer Scott and Laura Micham

October, 2016

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