Post-Chicks

[Mark Flaum]

Rikki Ducornet would be my first recommendation.  She has five novels 
(my favorites are _The Stain_ and _Entering Fire_ .  There is another 
due in November, which was previewed in Conjunctions) and two volumes 
of short stories (_The Complete Butcher's Tales_, _The Word Desire_) 
all of which I have enjoyed.

Also, Rebecca Brown has written several excellent volumes of short 
stories which may or may not qualify as post-modern, and several 
novels which (by my impression) do.  Her earliest novels are my 
favorites, _The Haunted House_ and _The Children's Crusade_, but they 
aren't in print, as far as I know, though Powells (mentioned 
elsewhere on the list) usually has a couple of copies around.  Be 
warned though, there is another Rebecca Brown, M.D. who writes some 
bizarre sounding christian stuff that I have not read but I don't 
think that I would.

After that, Angela Carter and Kathy Acker have already been 
mentioned.  I see that Jeanette Winterson is not regarded favorably 
hereabouts, but I would recommend _The Passion_ anyway.  Susan 
Daitch's _L.C._ I liked a lot, though her other novel didn't impress 
me.  Eurudice's _F/32_.  Some Carole Maso.

Hope that helps,

Mark


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