- American postmodern, feminist author influenced by cult figures such as William S. Burroughs and Georges Bataille. Author of almost a dozen novels, dozens of short stories and essays, an opera libretto, and a screenplay, she wrote about violence, alienation, and feminism. In 1981 she won a Pushcart Prize for her novel New York City in 1979.
- At the age of 18 she took odd jobs to support herself, including work in the sex industry as a stripper and show girl. Meanwhile she wrote journalistic pieces on the porn industry.
- In 1990, Acker set up a department of writing at the San Francisco Art Institute.
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