Copyright © 1996 by Kathy Acker

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Published simultaneously in Canada

Printed in the United States of America

The musical companion, Pussy, King of the Pirates by The Mekons and Kathy Acker (Q536), is available from Quarterstick / Touch and Go Records.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Acker, Kathy, 1948–1997.

Pussy, king of the pirates / Kathy Acker.

ISBN 0-8021-3484-X (pbk.)

eISBN 978-0-8021-4661-8

I. Title.

PS3551.C44P871996813’.54—dc209521012

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