One of the reasons I think the ultra right-wing has such power in this country is that no one talks out.

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Yeah, I mean, I put work out there for people to use and I'm grateful...

Yeah, I mean, I put work out there for people to use and I'm grateful...

I'm very staid compared to my students, actually.

I'm very staid compared to my students, actually.

Well, fear and homophobia are both pervasive.

Well, fear and homophobia are both pervasive.

I think what we have in this country is a little more dangerous in a...

I think what we have in this country is a little more dangerous in a...

I mean, once work's out there it's meant to be used.

I mean, once work's out there it's meant to be used.

I wasn't really into body piercings until I found that about half my female students...

I wasn't really into body piercings until I found that about half my female students...

That's what the right-wing is good at: figuring out the left wing.

That's what the right-wing is good at: figuring out the left wing.

We get on the bandwagon in all sorts of ways - you know minor ways...

We get on the bandwagon in all sorts of ways - you know minor ways...

The literary culture, if you examine it, the high literary culture is that which preserves...

The literary culture, if you examine it, the high literary culture is that which preserves...

And internalization is used in this country as a very effective political tool.

And internalization is used in this country as a very effective political tool.

We've been very bad at understanding why the right-wing does things.

We've been very bad at understanding why the right-wing does things.

First of all, writing at best - certainly fiction writing - more and more I...

First of all, writing at best - certainly fiction writing - more and more I...

I understand that when people read my books that there's something there - but I...

I understand that when people read my books that there's something there - but I...

I mean, they censor your work when they're scared of it.

I mean, they censor your work when they're scared of it.

I found my voice was a reaction to all that voice stuff.

I found my voice was a reaction to all that voice stuff.

Well, I think writing is basically about time and rhythm. Like with jazz. You have...

Well, I think writing is basically about time and rhythm. Like with jazz. You have...

On the surface we all act like we all love each other and we're free...

On the surface we all act like we all love each other and we're free...

But guys such as Allen and William are more supportive than most men.

But guys such as Allen and William are more supportive than most men.

I might be writing what people expect me to write, writing from that place where...

I might be writing what people expect me to write, writing from that place where...

I question: do we really understand the differences between modernist and postmodernist?

I question: do we really understand the differences between modernist and postmodernist?