Kathy Acker, American author, poet, and playwright (born 1947)

Kathy Acker

American novelist and playwright (1947–1997)

Kathy Acker was an American experimental novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, critic, performance artist, and postmodernist writer, known for her idiosyncratic and transgressive writing that dealt with complex themes such as childhood trauma, sexuality, language, identity, and…