Lust For Life

Carla Harryman is the author of several books including Baby, Gardener of Stars and There Never Was a Rose Without a Thorn.Avital Ronell teaches at New York University, The European Graduate School and Paris VIII, and is the author of many books including The Test Drive.Amy Scholder is the Editorial Director of the Feminist Press.Peter Wollen was Chair of the Department of Film, Television and New Media at the University of California, Los Angeles. His other books include Paris/Hollywood: Writings on Film and Paris/Manhattan: Writings on Art.

Acker may be the true mother of Brat Pack writers like Brett Easton Ellis, but there isn't disgust in her work ... Transgression is never disgust-it is a way of surviving.