After Kathy Acher by David Anton

No McBride suggests Kathy Acher was more witness than participant, a tongue-tied teenage wallflower peering in on Bohemia. She dropped out of college to follow him to the looser, cooler University of California, San Diego. In San Diego, Acher inaugurated a routine that lasted until her death. Grief stints as a secretary and a sales girl at the Bethlehem Bakery ended in a walkout,. four-rays into teaching, and a grimy spell in the sex industry.