We get on the bandwagon in all sorts of ways - you know minor ways and major ways - like what you've just encountered which isn't censorship exactly, it was something sort of uglier in a way.

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But I still don't have a clear idea of what my voice is.

But I still don't have a clear idea of what my voice is.

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...

Some of the stuff about Yogi energy is really fascinating.

Some of the stuff about Yogi energy is really fascinating.

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

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

Well, fear and homophobia are both pervasive.

Well, fear and homophobia are both pervasive.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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.

I'm really fascinated and you know I've been wondering about that usage of language, various...

I'm really fascinated and you know I've been wondering about that usage of language, various...

You can do whatever you want with my work.

You can do whatever you want with my work.

There's a backlash against womyn that's really bad right now.

There's a backlash against womyn that's really bad right now.

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...

And I'm working at trying to find a kind of language where I won't be...

And I'm working at trying to find a kind of language where I won't be...

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 write it to get it out of me. I don't write it to remember...

I write it to get it out of me. I don't write it to remember...