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Full Name: Kathy Acker
Biography:
(1948-1997) Novelist, poet. Kathy Acker was born in Manhattan, New York, in 1948 and died in Tijuana, Mexico, in 1997.
Author's Timeline:
1948 New York County
Karen Alexander was born in Manhattan, New York, in 1948. Her first husband was Robert Acker. 
1984 (Unknown) County
Blood and Guts in High School
Novel. 
1972 (Unknown) County
Politics
Poem and essay collection. 
1973 (Unknown) County
The Childlike Life of the Black Tarantula: Some Lives of Murderesses
Acker's first novel. 
1974 (Unknown) County
I Dreamt I Was a Nymphomaniac: Imagining
Acker's second novel. 
1978 (Unknown) County
Florida / Kathy Goes to Haiti / The Adult Life of Toulouse Lautrec by Henri Toulouse Lautrec
Collection of three novels. 
1979 (Unknown) County
New York City in 1979
Short story. 
1982 (Unknown) County
Great Expectations
Novel. 
1982 (Unknown) County
Hello, I’m Erica Jong
Chapbook. 
1984 (Unknown) County
My Death My Life by Pier Paolo Pasolini
Novel. 
1985 (Unknown) County
Algeria: A Series of Invocations because Nothing Else Works
Novel. 
1986 (Unknown) County
Don Quixote
Novel. 
1988 (Unknown) County
Empire of the Senseless
Novel. 
1997 (Unknown) County
Kathy Acker died in Tijuana, Mexico, in 1997. 
? New York County
Acker did post-graduate work at City University of New York in Manhattan, New York. 

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