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

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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 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...

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, fear and homophobia are both pervasive.

Well, fear and homophobia are both pervasive.

You know I've had work banned.

You know I've had work banned.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

You can do whatever you want with my work.

You can do whatever you want with my work.

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 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 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...

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...

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...

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

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