Editing Kathy Acker (section)

==Posthumous reputation==
A collection of essays on Acker's work, titled ''Lust for Life: On the Writings of Kathy Acker'', edited by Carla Harryman, Avital Ronell, and Amy Scholder, was published by [[Verso Books]] in 2006 and includes essays by [[Nayland Blake]], [[Leslie Dick]], [[Bob Glück|Robert Glück]], [[Carla Harryman]], [[Laurence Rickels]], [[Avital Ronell]], [[Barrett Watten]], and [[Peter Wollen]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Scholder|first1=Amy|title=Lust For Life: On the Writings of Kathy Acker|date=2006|publisher=Verso|location=New York|isbn=184467066X|url=https://www.versobooks.com/books/49-lust-for-life|access-date=January 12, 2018}}</ref>  In 2009, the first collection of essays to focus on academic study of Acker, ''Kathy Acker and Transnationalism'' was published.
In 2015, [[Semiotext(e)]] published ''I'm Very Into You'', a book of Acker's email correspondence with media theorist [[McKenzie Wark]], edited by Matias Viegener, her executor and head of the Kathy Acker Literary Trust.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/kathy-acker--mckenzie-wark-review-their-emails-are-fascinating-and-ghoulish-20150318-143gnn.html|title=Kathy Acker & McKenzie Wark review: Their emails are fascinating and ghoulish|last=Crawford|first=Ashley|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=August 4, 2017}}</ref> Her personal library is housed in a reading room at the [[University of Cologne]] in Germany, and her papers are divided between NYU's [[Fales Library]] and the [[Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library]] at [[Duke University]]. A limited body of her recorded readings and discussions of her works exists in the special collections archive of [[University of California, San Diego]].

In 2013, the Acker Award was launched and named for Kathy Acker. Awarded to living and deceased members of the San Francisco or New York avant-garde art scene, the award is financed by [[Alan Kaufman (writer)|Alan Kaufman]] and [[Clayton Patterson]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thevillager.com/2013/05/30/honoring-l-e-s-avant-garde-with-first-annual-acker-awards/|title=Honoring L.E.S. avant-garde with first annual Acker Awards {{!}} The Villager Newspaper|website=thevillager.com|access-date=2018-11-09|date=May 30, 2013}}</ref>

In 2017, American writer and artist [[Chris Kraus (American writer)|Chris Kraus]] published ''After Kathy Acker: A Literary Biography'', the first book-length biography of Acker's life experiences and literary strategies.<ref name="auto1"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/sep/04/after-kathy-acker-a-biography-chris-kraus-review|title=After Kathy Acker: A Biography by Chris Kraus review – baffling life study|first=Rachel|last=Cooke|date=September 4, 2017|website=Theguardian.com}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2017/08/after-kathy-acker-life-and-death-taboo-breaking-punk-writer|title=After Kathy Acker: the life and death of a taboo-breaking punk writer|website=Newstatesman.com|date=August 28, 2017 |access-date=January 12, 2018}}</ref> American writer [[Douglas A. Martin]] published ''Acker''. a book-length study of Acker's influences and artistic trajectory.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/27/books/review/christopher-norris-winnowing-fan.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/27/books/review/christopher-norris-winnowing-fan.html |archive-date=2022-01-03 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Three Literary Critics Who Engage With Their Subjects, Unconventionally|website=The New York Times|date=April 27, 2018 |access-date=March 6, 2021|last1=Rooney |first1=Kathleen}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In 2018, British writer [[Olivia Laing]] published ''Crudo'', a novel which references Acker's works and life, and whose main character is a woman called Kathy, suffering double breast cancer; yet the 
book's events are situated in August–September 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://olivialaing.co.uk/crudo/4594089311|title=Crudo|website=olivialaing.co.uk|access-date=2018-12-19|archive-date=January 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117101738/http://olivialaing.co.uk/crudo/4594089311|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2019, [[Amy Scholder]] and [[Douglas A. Martin]] co-edited ''Kathy Acker: The Last Interview and Other Conversations''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/reviews/obituary-spirit-kathy-acker-last-interview/|title=Obituary Spirit: On "Kathy Acker: The Last Interview"|website=Blog.lareviewofbooks.org|date=March 12, 2019 |access-date=September 5, 2020}}</ref> [[Kate Zambreno]] wrote on Kathy Acker in her essay "New York City, Summer 2013" published as part of the collection [https://www.harpercollins.com/products/screen-tests-kate-zambreno?variant=32118025093154 ''Screen Tests''] (Harpers Collins, 2019). The essay was originally published in ''[https://www.feministpress.org/books-a-m/icon Icon]'' edited by [https://mitpress.mit.edu/contributors/amy-scholder#:~:text=Amy%20Scholder%20is%20an%20editor,board%20president%20of%20Lambda%20Literary. Amy Scholder] (Feminist Press, 2014).

Between May 1, 2019 and August 4, 2019, the exhibition ''I, I, I, I, I, I, I, Kathy Acker'' was held at the [[Institute of Contemporary Arts]], London. The exhibition featured works by more than 40 artists, such as [[Reza Abdoh]], [[Johanna Hedva]] and [[Reba Maybury]].<ref name="ica">{{cite web |url=https://www.ica.art/exhibitions/i-i-i-i-i-i-i-kathy-acker |title=I, I, I, I, I, I, I, Kathy Acker |work=Institute of Contemporary Arts |author= |accessdate=2021-02-25 |archive-date=November 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231128222934/https://ica.art/exhibitions/i-i-i-i-i-i-i-kathy-acker |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2020, Grove Press issued a new edition of ''[https://groveatlantic.com/book/portrait-of-an-eye/ Portrait of an Eye]'', with an introduction by [[Kate Zambreno]].