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 thinking magic
First of all, writing at best - certainly fiction writing - more and more I think is magic.
thinking media censorship
I think the best thing in cases of censorship or things like this is to get as much media as possible.
hurt thinking people
I think it's really important to find out why people hurt you or try to oppose you or whatever.
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.
against american-activist dangerous rules writers
You know I think many writers are dangerous to the establishment. I mean, they go against all the rules that you're told writing.
american-activist country happens
I don't think what happens in this country is censorship, I should say that. It's something else. It's not banning. It's something else.
american-activist examine government high literary
The literary culture, if you examine it, the high literary culture is that which preserves the government and you know it's really the talk for those who have.
american-activist bad understanding
We've been very bad at understanding why the right-wing does things.
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?