The literary culture, if you examine it, the high literary culture is that which preserves the government and you know it's really the talk for those who have.

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One of the reasons I think the ultra right-wing has such power in this country...

One of the reasons I think the ultra right-wing has such power in this country...

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 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...

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'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.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

You know I've had work banned.

You know I've had work banned.

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 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 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...

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...

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...

You can do whatever you want with my work.

You can do whatever you want with my work.

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.