State University of New York At Albany,
Albany, N. Y.
My literature is almost all autobiographical in nature: novels,
poetry, literary criticism. I date everything I write; on each completed work I mark down the hour, the day, the month, and the year. And this is because I feel I am alone in the world. My writing, in fact, has never been directed at the world; rather, it reflects the reality of my own existence in direct contact with practical facts or ideals offered by my world's historical contingencies. My discourse, therefore, is more narrative than critical, more personal than objective. I learn by writing. [...]