You know I've had work banned.

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

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

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.

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 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...

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

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

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 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 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.

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...

Some of the stuff about Yogi energy is really fascinating.

Some of the stuff about Yogi energy is really fascinating.

You can do whatever you want with my work.

You can do whatever you want with my work.

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...

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

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

Well, fear and homophobia are both pervasive.

Well, fear and homophobia are both pervasive.

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...

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'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 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 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.