Kathy Acker

Citations

• “At a certain point I realized that the “I” doesn’t exist. So I said to myself: If the “I” doesn’t exist, I have to construct one, or maybe even more than one.”

• “You create identity, you’re not given identity per se. What became more interesting to me wasn’t the I, it was text because it’s texts that create the identity.”

• “We come crawling through these cracks, orphans, lobotomies; if you ask me what I want, I’ll tell you. I want everything. Whole rotten world come down and break. Let me spread my legs.”

• “Every day a sharp tool, a powerful destroyer, is necessary to cut away dullness, lobotomy, buzzing, belief in human beings, stagnancy, images, and accumulation.”

• “Women need to become literary “criminals”, break the literary laws and reinvent their own, because the established laws prevent women from presenting the reality of their lives.”

Les livres de Kathy Acker dans l'ordre

Les livres de Kathy Acker dans l'ordre de parution, de Adult Life of Toulouse (1975) à Kathy Acker : The Last Interview (2019).

1. 1Adult Life of ToulouseAdult Life of Toulouse1975
2. 2Childlike Life of the Black TarantulaChildlike Life of the Black Tarantula1975
3. 3Kathy Goes to HaitiKathy Goes to Haiti1978
4. 4I Dreamt I Was a Nymphomaniac ImaginingI Dreamt I Was a Nymphomaniac Imagining1980
5. 5New York City in 1979New York City in 19791981
6. 6Great ExpectationsGreat Expectations1982
7. 7Blood and Guts in High School, Plus TwoBlood and Guts in High School, Plus Two1984
8. 8Don Quichotte qui était un rêveDon Quichotte qui était un rêve1986
9. 9Literal MadnessLiteral Madness1987
10. 10Empire of the SenselessEmpire of the Senseless1988
11. 11Young LustYoung Lust1989
12. 12In Memoriam to Identity (Acker, Kathy)In Memoriam to Identity (Acker, Kathy)1990
13. 13The Seven Cardinal VirtuesThe Seven Cardinal Virtues1990
14. 14Portrait of an EyePortrait of an Eye1992
15. 15My MotherMy Mother1993
16. 16Pussycat FeverPussycat Fever1995
17. 17The Artist in SocietyThe Artist in Society1995
18. 18Pussy, King of the PiratesPussy, King of the Pirates1996
19. 19Bodies of WorkBodies of Work1997
20. 20Eurydice in the UnderworldEurydice in the Underworld1997
21. 21Essential AckerEssential Acker2002
22. 22Rip-off Red, Girl Detective and the Burning Bombing of AmeriRip-off Red, Girl Detective and the Burning Bombing of America2002
23. 23I'm Very into YouI'm Very into You2015
24. 24Kathy Acker : The Last InterviewKathy Acker : The Last Interview2019