Blood and Guts in High School"Janey lived in the locked room. Twice a day the Persian slave trader came in and taught her to be a whore. Otherwise there was nothing. One day she found a pencil stub and a scrap of paper in a forgotten corner of the room. She began to write down her life, starting with 'Parents stink.' Her father, who is also her boyfriend, has fallen in love with another woman and is about to leave her ... post-punk porn to post-punk feminism ... detailed eroticism with detailed politics and ... 'pop content'--a montage of conversation, description, conjecture, and moments snatched from history and literature"--Page 4 of cover. |
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Page 52
The hideous monster opened the front door , saw a huge brown bear , and
screamed . He slammed the front door . BEAVER ! BEAVER ! He raced up to
beaver ' s room . Beaver was asleep , snuggled under three layers of white satin
quilting .
The hideous monster opened the front door , saw a huge brown bear , and
screamed . He slammed the front door . BEAVER ! BEAVER ! He raced up to
beaver ' s room . Beaver was asleep , snuggled under three layers of white satin
quilting .
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The bear raged . Foam frothed out of his mouth . He threw himself against the
door as hard as he could . That didn ' t work . The bear forgot himself and threw
himself against the door even harder . And if I had any money , I wouldn ' t give it
to ...
The bear raged . Foam frothed out of his mouth . He threw himself against the
door as hard as he could . That didn ' t work . The bear forgot himself and threw
himself against the door even harder . And if I had any money , I wouldn ' t give it
to ...
Page 54
I ' ll give myself to the bear ! The monster and the beaver rushed down the stairs
in a race to get into the bear ' s arms . The bear had been waiting for an answer ,
but no one had answered him . When he lifted the rat to his mouth to eat her ...
I ' ll give myself to the bear ! The monster and the beaver rushed down the stairs
in a race to get into the bear ' s arms . The bear had been waiting for an answer ,
but no one had answered him . When he lifted the rat to his mouth to eat her ...
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Contents
Inside high school | 7 |
Outside high school | 44 |
Janey becomes a woman | 56 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Blood and Guts in High School An Evergreen book |
| Author | Kathy Acker |
| Publisher | Grove Press, 1984 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 4 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0802130755, 9780802130754 |
| Length | 165 pages |
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