We get on the bandwagon in all sorts of ways - you know minor ways and major ways - like what you've just encountered which isn't censorship exactly, it was something sort of uglier in a way.

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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.

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...

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.

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 very staid compared to my students, actually.

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

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...

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.

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

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

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.

You can do whatever you want with my work.

You can do whatever you want with my work.

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...

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

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

You know I've had work banned.

You know I've had work banned.

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...

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.

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 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...

Well, fear and homophobia are both pervasive.

Well, fear and homophobia are both pervasive.

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...

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

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