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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A few hours later they woke up together and decided they would spend the whole
day together since it was their last day . Janey would meet Johnny at the hotel
where he was working when he got off work : They ate raw fish salad ( cerviche )
...
A few hours later they woke up together and decided they would spend the whole
day together since it was their last day . Janey would meet Johnny at the hotel
where he was working when he got off work : They ate raw fish salad ( cerviche )
...
Page 31
Janey : Oh , I decided you were a UBH . Father : What ' s that ? ( Laughing . )
Janey ( laughing ) : An Unnecessarily Brutal Horror . Father : Well , I was
confused . Janey : And I decided I ' d sue you for a thousand American dollars for
child ...
Janey : Oh , I decided you were a UBH . Father : What ' s that ? ( Laughing . )
Janey ( laughing ) : An Unnecessarily Brutal Horror . Father : Well , I was
confused . Janey : And I decided I ' d sue you for a thousand American dollars for
child ...
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He decided he ' d force his way into the house with all his strength . ... was turning
the eggs , the kitchen door started to shake so hard and to resound so loudly with
hits and bangs , the monster decided there must be a bill collector at the door .
He decided he ' d force his way into the house with all his strength . ... was turning
the eggs , the kitchen door started to shake so hard and to resound so loudly with
hits and bangs , the monster decided there must be a bill collector at the door .
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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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