I understand that postmodern literature probably means people like DeLillo, The Fiction Collective, but I don't get it that those writers are really influenced by postmodern theorists.

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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...

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

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

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...

One of the reasons I think the ultra right-wing has such power in this country...

One of the reasons I think the ultra right-wing has such power in this country...

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

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

You know I've had work banned.

You know I've had work banned.

I think it's really important to find out why people hurt you or try to...

I think it's really important to find out why people hurt you or try to...

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...

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 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...

Traveling around I don't think people are that horrible, I think they just don't know.

Traveling around I don't think people are that horrible, I think they just don't know.

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 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...

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.

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.

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

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

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...

Some of the stuff about Yogi energy is really fascinating.

Some of the stuff about Yogi energy is really fascinating.