The thing I remember about her was she got to NYC and used to just turn up at readings, I can't remember who her hero was, maybe Patti Smith, but she just followed her around til they got sick of it and became a mentor.
That kind of dogged will to self actualisation that is the cornerstone of American philosophy, regardless of whether its 'transgressive'.
In America, it doesn't matter if what you're doing is beyond the pale, you can still make it if you persist with it, is the mantra.
I sort of always intended to go back to her but never happened.
After 'I love dick', I had a lot of enthusiasm for all the mentions of different people in it, followed a load up, but soon switched tack to something else, cos a lot of it did feel like 'I love dick', but was not as good, or was exploring similar territory but in a less interesting way.