Prior to penicillin and medical research, death was an everyday occurrence. It was intimate.

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Let's just say, the American school of suburban angst is not my cup of tea.

Let's just say, the American school of suburban angst is not my cup of tea.

I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early...

I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early...

American culture is torn between our long romance with violence and our terror of the...

American culture is torn between our long romance with violence and our terror of the...

Every doorway, every intersection has a story.

Every doorway, every intersection has a story.

But the animation has become very good, and I think that a movie is not...

But the animation has become very good, and I think that a movie is not...

Training of female athletes is so new that the limits of female possibility are still...

Training of female athletes is so new that the limits of female possibility are still...

We're also far enough from the publishing power that we have no access to the...

We're also far enough from the publishing power that we have no access to the...

The intense campaigns against domestic violence, rape, sexual harassment, and inequity in the schools all...

The intense campaigns against domestic violence, rape, sexual harassment, and inequity in the schools all...

In our struggle to restrain the violence and contain the damage, we tend to forget...

In our struggle to restrain the violence and contain the damage, we tend to forget...

But I went to high school in a Portland suburb and went to college here.

But I went to high school in a Portland suburb and went to college here.

Asked why they wanted to fight, the young women said they enjoyed it, just as...

Asked why they wanted to fight, the young women said they enjoyed it, just as...

But I think everybody should write. I think those people with stories who don't write...

But I think everybody should write. I think those people with stories who don't write...

And while national military forces have historically resisted the full participation of women soldiers, female...

And while national military forces have historically resisted the full participation of women soldiers, female...

What I think happens, and that you have to acknowledge though, is that a director...

What I think happens, and that you have to acknowledge though, is that a director...

I know if I were in your generation I would be really tired of seeing...

I know if I were in your generation I would be really tired of seeing...

Well, it arose out of two long-term concerns - the first being the possibility of...

Well, it arose out of two long-term concerns - the first being the possibility of...

The more potent, unasked question is how society at large reacts to eager, voluntary violence...

The more potent, unasked question is how society at large reacts to eager, voluntary violence...

I think genetic research is a fascinating and fertile area.

I think genetic research is a fascinating and fertile area.

The second is the structure and source of cults. They have always haunted me, and...

The second is the structure and source of cults. They have always haunted me, and...

This idea that males are physically aggressive and females are not has distinct drawbacks for...

This idea that males are physically aggressive and females are not has distinct drawbacks for...