American culture is torn between our long romance with violence and our terror of the devastation wrought by war and crime and environmental havoc.

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I come from a family of great readers and storytellers.

I come from a family of great readers and storytellers.

I know if I were in your generation I would be really tired of seeing...

I know if I were in your generation I would be really tired of seeing...

But I think everybody should write. I think those people with stories who don't write...

But I think everybody should write. I think those people with stories who don't write...

The more potent, unasked question is how society at large reacts to eager, voluntary violence...

The more potent, unasked question is how society at large reacts to eager, voluntary violence...

In our struggle to restrain the violence and contain the damage, we tend to forget...

In our struggle to restrain the violence and contain the damage, we tend to forget...

This idea that males are physically aggressive and females are not has distinct drawbacks for...

This idea that males are physically aggressive and females are not has distinct drawbacks for...

Let's just say, the American school of suburban angst is not my cup of tea.

Let's just say, the American school of suburban angst is not my cup of tea.

I think that it's really important to go away and come back.

I think that it's really important to go away and come back.

But the animation has become very good, and I think that a movie is not...

But the animation has become very good, and I think that a movie is not...

But I went to high school in a Portland suburb and went to college here.

But I went to high school in a Portland suburb and went to college here.

The second is the structure and source of cults. They have always haunted me, and...

The second is the structure and source of cults. They have always haunted me, and...

I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early...

I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early...

Training of female athletes is so new that the limits of female possibility are still...

Training of female athletes is so new that the limits of female possibility are still...

I think genetic research is a fascinating and fertile area.

I think genetic research is a fascinating and fertile area.

Every doorway, every intersection has a story.

Every doorway, every intersection has a story.

We're also far enough from the publishing power that we have no access to the...

We're also far enough from the publishing power that we have no access to the...

And while national military forces have historically resisted the full participation of women soldiers, female...

And while national military forces have historically resisted the full participation of women soldiers, female...

Well, it arose out of two long-term concerns - the first being the possibility of...

Well, it arose out of two long-term concerns - the first being the possibility of...

But the idea that women can't take care of themselves still permeates our culture.

But the idea that women can't take care of themselves still permeates our culture.

Perhaps the strongest evidence that women have as broad and deep a capacity for physical...

Perhaps the strongest evidence that women have as broad and deep a capacity for physical...