We've been very bad at understanding why the right-wing does things.

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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...

Some of the stuff about Yogi energy is really fascinating.

Some of the stuff about Yogi energy is really fascinating.

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

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

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

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

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 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 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...

And internalization is used in this country as a very effective political tool.

And internalization is used in this country as a very effective political tool.

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

You know I've had work banned.

You know I've had work banned.