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

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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...

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...

You can do whatever you want with my work.

You can do whatever you want with my work.

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'm very staid compared to my students, actually.

I'm very staid compared to my students, actually.

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

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

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.

You know I've had work banned.

You know I've had work banned.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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 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...

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...

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

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