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Writing must be a machine for breaking down, that is, allowing the now uncontrolled and uncontrollable reconstitutions of thoughts and expressions. All other kinds of writing simply express.

Kathy Acker

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Kathy Acker
Age: 53 †
Born: 1944
Born: April 18
Died: 1997
Died: November 30
Comics Writer
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
University Teacher
Writer
New York City
New York
Karen Lehmann
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