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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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...

I found my voice was a reaction to all that voice stuff.

I found my voice was a reaction to all that voice stuff.

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 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...

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 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.

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...

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 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...

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 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...

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...

You can do whatever you want with my work.

You can do whatever you want with my work.

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...

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

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