Kathy Acker

Works by Kathy Acker available at The New Rare.

  • Kathy Acker, Pussycat Fever, AK Press 1995, hot pink cover, purple DiMassa illustration, four punk figures, block title, front Kathy Acker, Pussycat Fever, AK Press 1995, Freddie Baer collage, girl surrounded by cats, decorative border, interior spread

    KATHY ACKER — Pussycat Fever, AK Press, 1995

    KATHY ACKER — Pussycat Fever, AK Press, 1995

  • Kathy Acker, Pussycat Fever, AK Press 1995, hot pink cover, purple DiMassa illustration, four punk figures, block title, front Kathy Acker, Pussycat Fever, AK Press 1995, Freddie Baer collage, girl surrounded by cats, decorative border, interior spread

    KATHY ACKER — Pussycat Fever, AK Press, 1995

    KATHY ACKER — Pussycat Fever, AK Press, 1995

  • A zine titled 'TALKER #5' featuring a purple and pink cover with an illustration of a soccer ball and a child, with the text 'Spalding Gray with Kathy Acker' on a plain white background. A printed zine page with two black-and-white portrait photos of a Kathy Acker wearing a dark cap and jacket, alongside columns of text on an off-white page.

    KATHY ACKER & SPALDING GRAY — TALKER #5, Giles Bailey, London, 2018

    KATHY ACKER & SPALDING GRAY — TALKER #5, Giles Bailey, London, 2018

  • Young Lust book by Kathy Acker, published by Pandora Books, featuring a graphic cover with a torn-paper design in red, black, and white, and a stylized illustration of a tattooed male figure. Back cover of the book 'Young Lust' by Kathy Acker, published by Pandora Press, shown against a plain white background.

    KATHY ACKER — Young Lust, Pandora Press, London, 1989

    KATHY ACKER — Young Lust, Pandora Press, London, 1989

  • Kathy Acker, Ultra light – last minute ex+pop – literatur, Merve Verlag Berlin, olive green diagonal band, white sans-serif type Kathy Acker, Ultra light – last minute ex+pop – literatur, Merve Verlag Berlin, olive green geometric shape, German text, back

    KATHY ACKER — Ultra light – last minute, ex + pop – literatur, Merve Verlag, Berlin, 1990

    KATHY ACKER — Ultra light – last minute, ex + pop – literatur, Merve Verlag, Berlin, 1990

  • KATHY ACKER — Rip-Off Red, Girl Detective and The Burning Bombing of America, Grove Press, New York, 2002 The back cover of 'Rip-Off Red, Girl Detective' by Kathy Acker, The cover is predominantly dark gray with white text blocks, a large orange serif letter 'K', a small red quote block, and a barcode at the bottom right.

    KATHY ACKER — Rip-Off Red, Girl Detective and The Burning Bombing of America, Grove Press, New York, 2002

    KATHY ACKER — Rip-Off Red, Girl Detective and The Burning Bombing of America, Grove Press, New York, 2002

  • Kathy Acker, Literal Madness, Grove Press 1988, red block title, teal palm trees, signed ACKER by the author, dust jacket front Kathy Acker, Literal Madness, Grove Press 1988, portrait of Acker left, red ground, press reviews right, barcode, back cover

    KATHY ACKER — Literal Madness: Three Novels, Grove Press, New York, 1988 [signed]

    KATHY ACKER — Literal Madness: Three Novels, Grove Press, New York, 1988 [signed]

  • KATHY ACKER — Kathy Goes to Haiti, Pandora, London, 1990 The back cover of the Kathy Acker book, Kathy Goes to Haiti shown against a plain white background. The cover features a solid blue lower section with a quote, a barcode, and a textured abstract blue and orange pattern on the right side.

    KATHY ACKER — Kathy Goes to Haiti, Pandora, London, 1990

    KATHY ACKER — Kathy Goes to Haiti, Pandora, London, 1990

  • KATHY ACKER — In Memoriam to Identity, Pandora, London, 1990 Book backcover of 'in Memoriam to Identity' by Kathy Acker, featuring a surreal illustration of a city island on a textured blue and black background.

    KATHY ACKER — In Memoriam to Identity, Pandora, London, 1990

    KATHY ACKER — In Memoriam to Identity, Pandora, London, 1990

  • KATHY ACKER — Great Expectations, Grove Press, New York, 1983 KATHY ACKER — Great Expectations, Grove Press, New York, 1983

    KATHY ACKER — Great Expectations, Grove Press, New York, 1983

    KATHY ACKER — Great Expectations, Grove Press, New York, 1983

  • Book cover of 'Eurydice in the Underworld' by Kathy Acker, published by Arcadia. The cover features a sepia-toned portrait of a woman with blue hair and tattoos, with the title in red text. The back cover of the book 'Eurydice in the Underworld' by Kathy Acker by Arcadia Books, featuring a solid terracotta red background with white text, a barcode, and a white product info label.

    KATHY ACKER — Eurydice in the Underworld, Arcadia Books, London, 1997

    KATHY ACKER — Eurydice in the Underworld, Arcadia Books, London, 1997

  • KATHY ACKER — Don Quixote: Which Was a Dream, Paladin, London, 1986 The back cover of the book 'Can a Female Knight Defeat the Evil Enchanters of Modern America' by Kathy Acker, featuring a beige background with a small illustration and text.

    KATHY ACKER — Don Quixote: Which Was a Dream, Paladin, London, 1986

    KATHY ACKER — Don Quixote: Which Was a Dream, Paladin, London, 1986

  • Kathy Acker, The Seven Cardinal Virtues feminist book anthology with a dark blue and black cover featuring an Art Nouveau illustration of a woman's face surrounded by botanical motifs. Kathy Acker, The back cover of a book titled 'Paperbacks' by Jason Reynolds, featuring a black spine-like column with blue portrait photos of Jason Mraz, a light blue patterned background, and a barcode.

    KATHY ACKER ET AL. — The Seven Cardinal Virtues, Serpent’s Tail, London, 1990

    KATHY ACKER ET AL. — The Seven Cardinal Virtues, Serpent’s Tail, London, 1990

  • High Risk: An Anthology of Forbidden Writings, Serpent’s Tail, London, 1991 The back cover of he book cover of 'High Risk: An Anthology of Forbidden book, shown against a white background. The cover features a dark, textured black and gray wolf design with a blue-gray gradient at the bottom.

    High Risk: An Anthology of Forbidden Writings, Serpent’s Tail, London, 1991

    High Risk: An Anthology of Forbidden Writings, Serpent’s Tail, London, 1991

  • Kathy Acker & Paul Buck, Spread Wide, Dis Voir, 2004 — front with band, handwritten inscription above bird motif Kathy Acker & Paul BuckThe back cover of a Kathy Acker & Paul Buck book, featuring a white center with black text, flanked by a dusty purple top and bottom border with handwritten-style purple text.

    KATHY ACKER & PAUL BUCK — Spread Wide, Dis Voir, Paris, 2004

    KATHY ACKER & PAUL BUCK — Spread Wide, Dis Voir, Paris, 2004

  • KATHY ACKER — Bodies of Work, Serpent’s Tail, London and New York, 2006 The back cover of 'Bodies of Work' by Kathy Acker a book, shown against a plain white background. The cover is dark blue with white text, featuring a barcode and several review quotes.

    KATHY ACKER — Bodies of Work, Serpent’s Tail, London and New York, 2006

    KATHY ACKER — Bodies of Work, Serpent’s Tail, London and New York, 2006

  • KATHY ACKER — Bodies of Work: Essays, Serpent’s Tail, London and New York, 1997 The back cover of a Kathy Acker book, featuring a pale pink background with a black top band reading 'A PAPERBACK ORIGINAL' and a large stylized 'K' logo, photographed on a white background.

    KATHY ACKER — Bodies of Work: Essays, Serpent’s Tail, London and New York, 1997

    KATHY ACKER — Bodies of Work: Essays, Serpent’s Tail, London and New York, 1997

  • KATHY ACKER — Blood and Guts in High School, Grove Weidenfeld, New York, 1989 The back cover of a Kathy Acker book, shown flat against a white background. The cover is a muted gray-green color with black text, a small yellow accent near the top right, and a barcode at the bottom right.

    KATHY ACKER — Blood and Guts in High School, Grove Weidenfeld, New York, 1989

    KATHY ACKER — Blood and Guts in High School, Grove Weidenfeld, New York, 1989

  • KATHY ACKER — Algeria: A Series of Invocations Because Nothing Else Works, Aloes Books, London, 1984 Kathy Acker, Algeria, Aloes Books, London, 1984 — reverse, colophon, ISBN and £1.95 price

    KATHY ACKER — Algeria: A Series of Invocations Because Nothing Else Works, Aloes Books, London, 1984

    KATHY ACKER — Algeria: A Series of Invocations Because Nothing Else Works, Aloes Books, London, 1984

  • Artist book, Kathy Acker, Hello, I’m Erica Jong, Contact II Publications, New York, 1982. First edition, [20] pp., stapled black wrappers, 17.9 × 21.5 cm. Front cover: dark grey-green ground, silver-grey serif type reading ‘HELLO, / I’M ERICA JONG’ centred upper half, ‘by kathy acker’ lower right in smaller italic. Good vintage condition with surface wear. Artist book interior spread, Kathy Acker, Hello, I’m Erica Jong, 1982. Left page: pink-red crayon drawing of skull and skeletal torso on white ground. Right page: serif text reading ‘Hello, I’m Erica Jong. / All of you liked my novel / Fear of Flying because in it you met / real people… My new novel How to Die Successfully / contains those same characters. And / it contains 2 new characters. You and / me. All of us are real. Goodbye.’

    Kathy Acker — Hello, I’m Erica Jong, Contact II Publications, New York, 1982

    Kathy Acker — Hello, I’m Erica Jong, Contact II Publications, New York, 1982

  • Original 1978 Kathy Acker paperback The Childlike Life of the Black Tarantula, PM / TVRT Press, New York — bright green front cover with black serif title text reading 'The Childlike Life of THE BLACK TARANTULA by The Black Tarantula', centred black-and-white illustration of a small figure casting a large shadow Reverse of 1978 Kathy Acker The Childlike Life of the Black Tarantula, PM / TVRT Press — green back cover with blurb text, PM and TVRT Press logos, and ISBN 0-931106-20-6 at foot

    Kathy Acker — The Childlike Life of the Black Tarantula

    Kathy Acker — The Childlike Life of the Black Tarantula

  • Original 1980 Kathy Acker paperback I Dreamt I Was a Nymphomaniac: Imagining, Travelers Digest Editions — front cover with black upper panel, pink lower field, hand-lettered title in white, subtitle Imagining in red, and loose ink drawing of a reclining figure; byline The Black Tarantula at foot" Reverse of 1980 Kathy Acker I Dreamt I Was a Nymphomaniac: Imagining, Travelers Digest Editions — black back cover with pink text reading 'She tried to remember how she felt…to regain love…but she became lost… Lost in this world of murder and fire / This world we call / LUST', with continuation of the ink figure drawing at lower right and ISBN at left spine edge

    Kathy Acker — I Dreamt I Was a Nymphomaniac: Imagining

    Kathy Acker — I Dreamt I Was a Nymphomaniac: Imagining

  • Original 1978 Kathy Acker The Adult Life of Toulouse Lautrec by Henri Toulouse Lautrec paperback, TVRT Press and Printed Matter, New York. Front cover with black-and-white photographic image of two pairs of legs, one in stockings raised in the air, the other bare and low. Title in lowercase serif type: all she wants is love... Publisher imprints PM and TVRT Press at foot with ISBN 0-931106-21-4. Original price $4.50 at top left. Covers with age toning and surface wear. Reverse of 1978 Kathy Acker The Adult Life of Toulouse Lautrec by Henri Toulouse Lautrec, TVRT Press and Printed Matter. Back cover with black-and-white photographic image of intertwined bare limbs and hands. Title and author credit in white serif type at lower centre: The Adult Life of Toulouse Lautrec / By Henri Toulouse Lautrec. Age toning and surface scuffing to covers.

    Kathy Acker — The Adult Life of Toulouse Lautrec by Henri Toulouse Lautrec (1978)

    Kathy Acker — The Adult Life of Toulouse Lautrec by Henri Toulouse Lautrec (1978)

  • Original 1991 Kathy Acker Hannibal Lecter, My Father paperback, Semiotext(e) Native Agents Series, New York. Front cover in vivid pink with repeating text pattern in lighter pink forming the background, overlaid with bold black title lettering and author name. Printed wrappers in good condition with minor shelf wear. Reverse of 1991 Kathy Acker Hannibal Lecter, My Father paperback, Semiotext(e) Native Agents Series. Back cover in magenta-pink showing a halftone portrait photograph of Acker and the text: This writing is all fake (copied from other writing) so you should go away and not read any of it. ISBN and series imprint at foot.

    Kathy Acker — Hannibal Lecter, My Father (1991)

    Kathy Acker — Hannibal Lecter, My Father (1991)

  • Original 1982 Kathy Acker Great Expectations paperback, Open Book Publications, San Francisco. Front cover with title in bold serif type above a black-and-white woodcut illustration of a hunched long-haired figure leaning over a bed with a cane. Printed wrappers with toning and wear to spine. Interior spread of 1982 Kathy Acker Great Expectations, Open Book Publications. Left page shows black-and-white woodcut of a hunched figure at a desk. Right page opens Chapter 1 titled Plagiarism, subsection I Recall My Childhood, with Dickens-derived opening paragraph. Page 5.

    Kathy Acker — Great Expectations (1982)

    Kathy Acker — Great Expectations (1982)

  • Front cover of 1988 Kathy Acker Algeria French edition, Le Dernier Terrain Vague / DTV Compact Livre, Paris — full-bleed image by Kiki Picasso: saturated composite of fragmented urban photography, abstracted figures, and colour fields in yellow, green, orange, and blue; Kathy Acker in black diagonal type at lower left; ALGERIA in large bold black capitals; DTV logo at upper right; cover design functioning as graphic assault and media noise. Back cover of 1988 Kathy Acker Algeria French edition, Le Dernier Terrain Vague / DTV Compact Livre, Paris — full-bleed image by Kiki Picasso: dense field of small human figures rendered in warm amber, orange, and white tones against a glowing ground, figures repeated across the surface in a pattern suggesting mass, heat, and dissolution; TTC 69 F / ISBN 2-86219-035-7 printed vertically at left; compact livre logo in black square at lower right.

    Kathy Acker — Algeria (French edition), Le Dernier Terrain Vague / DTV, Paris, 1988

    Kathy Acker — Algeria (French edition), Le Dernier Terrain Vague / DTV, Paris, 1988

  • Kathy Acker — Blood and Guts in High School, Grove Press, New York, 1984. Front cover. Black ground with red border. Large red and white hand-lettered title: "BLOOD AND GUTS IN HIGH SCHOOL". Author name "KATHY ACKER" in white at top. Centre: oil painting illustration by Sue Coe — a dense, dark scene of figures, a cat-like creature in a suit, playing cards, a coffee cup, industrial machinery, and a crescent moon. Grove Press Evergreen logo upper right, price $7.95. Kathy Acker — Blood and Guts in High School, Grove Press, 1984 — interior page. Full-page line drawing of a multi-armed deity figure in the style of Indian iconography — Kali-like, with multiple heads arranged in a crown, necklace of skulls, weapons and objects in each hand, standing over a prone figure. Small figures and animals at the margins. Caption in a ruled box at base: "The Devil is an image. Imagine Hell. We grab the book, and run." Cream paper, black ink.

    Kathy Acker — Blood and Guts in High School, Grove Press, New York, 1984

    Kathy Acker — Blood and Guts in High School, Grove Press, New York, 1984

  • KOriginal 1992 Kathy Acker hardcover, Blood and Guts in High School, Japanese edition, Hakusuisha, Tokyo. Front cover showing English title "Blood and Guts in High School" in blue capitals above Japanese title 血みどろ臓物ハイスクール, translator Sachie Watanabe, and author name Kathy Acker, with blue-toned textured photographic panels. Interior spread of 1992 Kathy Acker, Blood and Guts in High School, Japanese edition, Hakusuisha, Tokyo. Page showing Acker's multilingual vocabulary lesson with Persian script, English handwriting, and Japanese translation: "father / see / my father is dead / my father is blue / body / cunt."

    KATHY ACKER — Blood and Guts in High School, Hakusuisha, Tokyo, 1992 (Japanese edition)

    KATHY ACKER — Blood and Guts in High School, Hakusuisha, Tokyo, 1992 (Japanese edition)

  • Original 1985 Art Scribe No. 51 magazine, Artscribe Ltd, London — cover featuring Bruce McLean work on green ground with black figure and red circle, price £1.50 printed, March–April 1985. Original 1985 Art Scribe No. 51, Artscribe Ltd, London — open spread showing full Bruce McLean cover image: black figure with outstretched hand and red circle on green background.

    ART SCRIBE No. 51 — Basquiat, Kathy Acker, Lynne Cooke, Artscribe Ltd, London, 1985

    ART SCRIBE No. 51 — Basquiat, Kathy Acker, Lynne Cooke, Artscribe Ltd, London, 1985