One of the reasons I think the ultra right-wing has such power in this country is that no one talks out.

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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 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...

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 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 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...

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...

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...

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.

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 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 question: do we really understand the differences between modernist and postmodernist?

I question: do we really understand the differences between modernist and postmodernist?

Well, fear and homophobia are both pervasive.

Well, fear and homophobia are both pervasive.

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.

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 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 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 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...

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...

Some of the stuff about Yogi energy is really fascinating.

Some of the stuff about Yogi energy is really fascinating.