Chris Kraus reads from After Kathy Acker: A Literary Biography to a packed house

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 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