Vollmann on Prostitution

Isaac Fitzgerald bio ↓ · January 22nd, 2010 · filed under books, politics, sex

“Well, I’m getting older, so I can’t get it up as much as I used to. [...] I think prostitutes are amazing people with so much knowledge of human nature and so many fantastic stories. Some of them are scam artists, but most of them are very, very brave and a lot of them compassionate. I think it should be legalized.”

Mother Jones has posted an extended version of their interview with William T. Vollmann in which he discusses popularity, prostitution, borders, and why he distrusts the Internet.

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Isaac Fitzgerald has been a firefighter, worked on a boat, and been given a sword by a king, thereby accomplishing three out of five of his childhood goals. He has also written for The Bold Italic, McSweeney's, Mother Jones, and The San Francisco Chronicle. He is the managing editor of The Rumpus. Follow him on Twitter. More from this author →

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