Blood and Guts in High School

In the 1970s and 1980s, Kathy Acker was an influential American post-punk experimental feminist writer. Her book Blood and Guts in High School is now considered a masterpiece of surrealist fiction. However, upon its first publication in 1984, it was met with controversy from many in the literary establishment. It was also the book that established Acker as the preeminent voice of post-punk feminism and has been described as “the most nihilistic work of fiction in recent memory” by critic Greil Marcus. In 2017, marking the 10th year since her death on February 18, 2009 and her 70th birth anniversary on November 8, 2017, Blood and Guts in High School continues to be relevant.