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Kathy Acker

Acker, Karen

April 18, 1947 – November 30, 1997 (aged 50)

Birth place: New York City, New York, USA

5 works in English-language magazines

Date Page Type Title Magazine
January 1989 36 Interview Kathy Acker Interzone, January-February 1989
1991 106 Review In Memoriam to Identity Science Fiction Eye, #8, Winter 1991
October 1996 281 Review Pussy, King of the Pirates Asimov's Science Fiction, October-November 1996
November 1999 66 Review Empire of the Senseless Challenging Destiny, November 1999
December 2020 Short Fiction Don Quixote's Abortion Nota do Tradutor, December 2020

Born as Karen Lehman or Lehmann. Her surname is from her first husband. It's not entirely clear if she was really born in 1947. Other sources mention the years 1944 and 1948.
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