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

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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?

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 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 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...

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...

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...

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.