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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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 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 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...

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'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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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.

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...

You know I've had work banned.

You know I've had work banned.

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...

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 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 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...

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.

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...

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 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...