Kathy Acker

[Tim Strzechowski]

Based on this thread a few weeks ago, I scored a copy of Acker's _Great Expectations_ and read it.  

It strikes me as kind of a female William Burroughs ... the obscenity is punk and quaint.  In general, it was an okay book, but nothing I'd consider earth-shattering ... but maybe it's a product of its time of publication (early Eighties) and was pretty ground-breaking back then.  I've often felt the same disappointment with _On The Road_ ... no doubt amazing for its own time period, but pretty tame in retrospect.

What would you recommend for someone who would *like* to know what all the hoopla re: Acker is about, but wasn't impressed with _Great Expectations_ ?




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> 2007/9/22, John Bailey <johnbonbailey at hotmail.com>:
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> > Acker is great; I think a lot of P fans would appreciate her work.  [...]