Recently discovered and never before published, these two short novels were written in the early 1970s, at the beginning of Acker's writing career. Published to

Recently discovered and never before published, these two short novels were written in the early 1970s, at the beginning of Acker's writing career. Published to

“With A Visitation of Spirits, Randall Kenan continues James Baldwin’s legendary tradition of ‘telling it on the mountain.’”—San Francisco Chronicle

In her 10th novel, Acker's heroine, Laurie, is a woman helpless before the fury of her emotions. Love-obsessed, Laurie is plunged into a harrowing dilemma--sexu

A retelling of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island, Pussy, King of the Pirates is a dizzyingly imaginative foray through world history, literature, and l