Literary writers who thought he wasn't literary enough, political writers who though he wasn't political enough, queer writers who though he wasn't queer enough. That's why we're doing this. And also because people disappear too easily. Basically I want a little acknowledgment of the violence that is there. When we talk about violence, especially literary violence, we think about it in very small terms, and very stereotypical terms.
Real violence is done to real people.
What I try to do as a writer is to draw you in and make you feel and breathe inside a real person. Then violence happens and its no longer cartoon. It really hurts. It really makes a difference. People who die are fucking dead.