We have to resist the temptation to be voyeurs and slummers. I'm also bored by bourgeois minimalists who express the poverty and emptiness of middle class life. I see both a class and ethnic perimeter to minimalist prose. It's very Protestant. Writing is all about breaking down your defenses.
Writing is a direct attack on the survivalist mentality.
Writing is about dying, loss, fear, and any activity that challenges the notion that we can live forever is good for our writing. It has become so co-opted by puritan impulses and by consumerist, middle class concerns, that it no longer serves the people it was designed for. It's one major missionary-like, wasp approach to libido. We agree that the underground scene in San Francisco is not creating a critique of America. It's all fashion and voyeurism, which has a high price tag.