ThetempestuousemailcorrespondencebetweenKathyAckerandMcKenzieWark,shimmeringwithinsight,gossip,sex,andculturalcommentary.“WhyamItellingyouallthis?Partly’causethewholequeerness/identitythingformestretchesthrougheverything,absolutelyeverything.Slippingbetweenstraight/gayischild’splaycomparedtoslippingbetweenwriter/teacher/influence-peddlerwhatever.IforgetwhoIam.YouremindedmeofwhoIprefertobe.“[M.W.]“It’stwointhemorning...Iknowwhatyoumeanaboutslippingroles:Iloveit,goinghighlow,powerhelplessevencaptive,malefemale,allovertheplace,spacetotallytogetherandbrain-sharp,ifitwasn’tforplayI’dbeboredstiffandIthinkboredomistheemotionIfindmostunbearable...“[KA]--fromI’mVeryintoYouAfterKathyAckermetMcKenzieWarkonatriptoAustraliain1995,theyhadabriefflingandimmediatelybeganaheatedtwo-weekemailcorrespondence.Theiremailsshimmerwithinsight,gossip,sex,andculturalcommentary.Theywriteinafrenzy,severaltimesaday;theiremailscrosssomewhereovertheInternationalDateLine,andthemselvesbecomeasiteofanalysis.Whatresultsisanindexofhowtwobrilliantandidiosyncraticwritersmightgoaboutacourtshipacross7,500milesofairspace--bypullinginAlfredHitchcock,stuffedanimals,GeorgesBataille,ElvisPresley,phenomenology,Marxism,TheX-files,psychoanalysis,andtheIChing.TheircorresepondenceisaPlato’sSymposiumforthetwenty-firstcentury,butwrittenforqueers,transsexuals,nerds,andbookgeeks.I’mVeryIntoYouisatextofincipience,atextofbeginnings,andasetofnotesontheshort,sharedpassageoftwoiconicindividualsofourtime.
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