Last night, our Summer Institute Session I faculty Chris Kraus shared the prologue and epilogue of After Kathy Acker: A Literary Biography, a new book slated to come out at the end of August. The book follows the life and experiences of American experimental writer Kathy Acker.
After about forty minutes of reading the floor was open for a Q & A with audience members. Discussion around character development, the line between fiction and non-fiction, and the inescapability of the biographical were amongst some of the questions that came up.
The talk will be published on plugin.org/video soon. Until then, here are a few documentation shots from the night.
Audience are seated to begin the programming
Audience
Plug In ICA Director Jenifer Papararo introduces the programming and Chris Kraus
Chris Kraus takes to the podium to begin the reading
Q&A with the audience
Kraus responses to audiences questions
Kraus and Papararo during the Q&A
Robert Enright and Meeka Walsh of Boarder Crossings Magazine mingling with Chris Kraus
Robert Enright and Meeka Walsh mingling with Chris Kraus
Attendants after the reading
Attendants after the reading
Jacquelyn Ross participant at the Summer Institute