It’s a bit discouraging to hear her talk about living in an apartment in a working-class area despite the fact that she had the means to afford better housing. Someone else who was really struggling at that time could have used that space. It really comes off as impoverished tourism. At the same time I’m fascinated to learn about this particular time in history of NYC. And of course, I can’t help my fandom of Miss Acker. Her writing altered my perspective about various things beginning in my mid-teens and helped me to develop bravery in critical thinking as an adolescent female which I carry to this day. RIPeace Miss Acker.
I don't think she had the means to afford other places. Pretty sure she said that she was living there because it was the only place she could afford with the space she needed.
oh please, this pc response to housing in NYC relating a current pc take on todays and applying that to NYC of the early 1980 is just puke. the lower east side at that time was dangerous and landlords where buring their own buildings to scam insurance because NYC was such a shithole back then. A magical wonderful shithole
she was cut off from her wealth at this time, disowned. later she inherited a bunch of money and left NYC I believe. she was not poor; but a disowned wealthy person who was broke...there's def a difference. Experimental artists, with few exceptions, cannot pay market rent except in places like the LES in the 70s. I don't begrudge her for living there. The USA has poor funding for artists and thus we have this situation. I begrudge the developers who ruined places like the LES and so many other places--not for the sake of transgressive literary culture but only for the sake of capital.
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Introduced to her work through Matias at Cal Arts over 20 years ago. I didn’t get it. Now I’m ready. I can hear her voice.
i read blood and guthers when i was 12, it had and still has a profound effect on me
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It’s a bit discouraging to hear her talk about living in an apartment in a working-class area despite the fact that she had the means to afford better housing. Someone else who was really struggling at that time could have used that space. It really comes off as impoverished tourism.
At the same time I’m fascinated to learn about this particular time in history of NYC. And of course, I can’t help my fandom of Miss Acker. Her writing altered my perspective about various things beginning in my mid-teens and helped me to develop bravery in critical thinking as an adolescent female which I carry to this day.
RIPeace Miss Acker.
I don't think she had the means to afford other places. Pretty sure she said that she was living there because it was the only place she could afford with the space she needed.
oh please, this pc response to housing in NYC relating a current pc take on todays and applying that to NYC of the early 1980 is just puke. the lower east side at that time was dangerous and landlords where buring their own buildings to scam insurance because NYC was such a shithole back then. A magical wonderful shithole
I don't think she got money from her parents. She was poor,
she was cut off from her wealth at this time, disowned. later she inherited a bunch of money and left NYC I believe. she was not poor; but a disowned wealthy person who was broke...there's def a difference. Experimental artists, with few exceptions, cannot pay market rent except in places like the LES in the 70s. I don't begrudge her for living there. The USA has poor funding for artists and thus we have this situation. I begrudge the developers who ruined places like the LES and so many other places--not for the sake of transgressive literary culture but only for the sake of capital.