Celebrate the launch of ICON, a new anthology published by Feminist Press. Johanna Fateman and Kate Zambreno discuss feminist icons Andrea Dworkin and Kathy Acker with editor Amy Scholder.
JOHANNA FATEMAN is a musician and writer. She is a founding member of Le Tigre and co-owner of Seagull Salon in New York.
KATE ZAMBRENO is the author of the novels O FALLEN ANGEL, GREEN GIRL, as well as HEROINES
AMY SCHOLDER was the editorial director of Feminist Press for six years. She has also served a...
Celebrate the launch of ICON, a new anthology published by Feminist Press. Johanna Fateman and Kate Zambreno discuss feminist icons Andrea Dworkin and Kathy Acker with editor Amy Scholder.
JOHANNA FATEMAN is a musician and writer. She is a founding member of Le Tigre and co-owner of Seagull Salon in New York.
KATE ZAMBRENO is the author of the novels O FALLEN ANGEL, GREEN GIRL, as well as HEROINES
AMY SCHOLDER was the editorial director of Feminist Press for six years. She has also served as editor-in-chief of Seven Stories Press, US publisher of Verso, founding co-editor of HIGH RISK Books/Serpent's Tail, and editor at City Lights Books.
Celebrity gives us the opportunity to see some small part of ourselves writ large. Some public figures factor more prominently in our thoughts than others, maybe too much. We become fascinated, inspired, even repelled. In these daring essays, some of the most provocative writers of our time offer a private view on a public figure, and in doing so, reveal themselves.
Original essays:
• Mary Gaitskill on Linda Lovelace
• Rick Moody on Karen Dalton
• Johanna Fateman on Andrea Dworkin
• Hanne Blank on MFK Fisher
• Kate Zambreno on Kathy Acker
• Danielle Henderson on bell hooks
• Justin Vivian Bond on Karen Graham
• Jill Nelson on Aretha Franklin
• Zoe Pilger on Mary Gaitskill