Blood and Guts in High School: A Novel“Kathy Acker’s writing is virtuoso, maddening, crazy, so sexy, so painful, and beaten out of a wild heart that nothing can tame. Acker is a landmark writer.” —Jeanette Winterson, New York Times–bestselling author A masterpiece of surrealist fiction, steeped in controversy upon its first publication in 1984, Blood and Guts in High School is the book that established Kathy Acker as the preeminent voice of post-punk feminism. With 2017 marking the 70th anniversary of her birth, as well as the 10th year since her death this transgressive work of philosophical, political, and sexual insight—with a new introduction by Chris Kraus—continues to become more relevant than ever before. In the Mexican city of Merida, ten-year-old Janey lives with Johnny—her “boyfriend, brother, sister, money, amusement, and father” —until he leaves her for another woman. Bereft, Janey travels to New York City, plunging into an underworld of gangs and prostitution. After escaping imprisonment, she flees to Tangiers where she meets Jean Genet, and they begin a torrid affair that will lead Janey to her demise. Fantastical, sensual, and fearlessly radical, this hallucinatory collage is both a comic and tragic portrait of erotic awakening. “The girl in this story had more agency and voice than any girl I’d ever read or would read in my entire life.” —Lydia Yuknavitch, national bestselling author of Thrust “No writer I know is more audacious than Kathy Acker, whose anarchic wit drives a thoroughgoing attack on conventions and complacencies of all sorts. Not unlike Gertrude Stein in her day, Acker gives us a different way to look at the uses to which language is put.” —Lynne Tillman, author of Men and Apparitions |
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... Bill , her friend and confidant , “ I am Johnny . I'm beginning to have some fame , success , now women want to fuck me ... I want everything . I want to go out in the world as far as I can go . " And later , as she tells her fellow ...
... Bill , her friend and confidant , “ I am Johnny . I'm beginning to have some fame , success , now women want to fuck me ... I want everything . I want to go out in the world as far as I can go . " And later , as she tells her fellow ...
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... Bill Russle . Bill had once fucked Janey , but his cock was too big . Janey knew he'd tell her what was happening with Johnny , if Johnny was crazy or not , and if Johnny really wanted to break up with Janey . Janey didn't have to ...
... Bill Russle . Bill had once fucked Janey , but his cock was too big . Janey knew he'd tell her what was happening with Johnny , if Johnny was crazy or not , and if Johnny really wanted to break up with Janey . Janey didn't have to ...
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... Bill : No. Janey : No ? ( Total amazement and hope . ) Bill : It's something very deep between them , but he's not going to leave you for Sally . Janey ( with even more hope ) : Then why's he acting this way ? I mean : he's talking ...
... Bill : No. Janey : No ? ( Total amazement and hope . ) Bill : It's something very deep between them , but he's not going to leave you for Sally . Janey ( with even more hope ) : Then why's he acting this way ? I mean : he's talking ...
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... Bill : It's an identity crisis . Janey : This makes sense .... What should I do ? Bill : The thing you can't do is to freak out and lay a heavy trip on him . Janey : I've already done that . ( If she could giggle , she would . ) Bill ...
... Bill : It's an identity crisis . Janey : This makes sense .... What should I do ? Bill : The thing you can't do is to freak out and lay a heavy trip on him . Janey : I've already done that . ( If she could giggle , she would . ) Bill ...
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... Bill said . Father : What'd Bill say ? ( Janey repeats the conversation . Everything comes splurting out now . Janey's not good at holding words back . ) You've completely dominated my life , Janey , for the last nine years and I no ...
... Bill said . Father : What'd Bill say ? ( Janey repeats the conversation . Everything comes splurting out now . Janey's not good at holding words back . ) You've completely dominated my life , Janey , for the last nine years and I no ...
Contents
The Scorpions | |
Outside high school | |
The mysterious Mr Linker | |
Translating | |
A journey to the end of the night | |
In Egypt the | |
A second of time | |
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