I understand that when people read my books that there's something there - but I don't identify with it.

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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.

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...

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'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 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...

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...

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...

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 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...

You can do whatever you want with my work.

You can do whatever you want with my work.

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 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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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.

Well, fear and homophobia are both pervasive.

Well, fear and homophobia are both pervasive.

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.