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

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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...

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.

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 understand that postmodern literature probably means people like DeLillo, The Fiction Collective, but I...

I understand that postmodern literature probably means people like DeLillo, The Fiction Collective, but I...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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

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

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 think the best thing in cases of censorship or things like this is to...

I think the best thing in cases of censorship or things like this is to...

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 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?

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...