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

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

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.

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.

Some of the stuff about Yogi energy is really fascinating.

Some of the stuff about Yogi energy is really fascinating.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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...

Well, fear and homophobia are both pervasive.

Well, fear and homophobia are both pervasive.

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

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

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.

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 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...

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'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...