"What makes a writer? What makes a radical? After reading The Outspoken and the Incendiary
the answer is clear: a heaping of joy, dollops of dreams of a better
world, and a soupçon of strange. Terry Bisson, himself an agile and
at-a-slant writer, here guides us deep into the hearts, minds, and
eyebrow-raising origins of PM's Outspoken Authors--some of the most
subversive, sharp, and wickedly funny cultural producers of our time.
What changes the world? Story. And these are people doing it."
--Nicola Griffith, author of Menewood

"This superb book represents nothing less than a group portrait of
the radical mind in conversation with itself. The interviews are
illuminating and entertaining in equal measure, as some of the great
speculative writers of our time expound upon what has propelled them on
their artistic journeys. The book is also a tribute to the late Terry
Bisson, literary provocateur, writer extraordinaire, and--as evidenced
here--genius interviewer."
--JJ Amaworo Wilson, author of Nazaré

"These interviews read like blazing samizdat missives
on the last half century of the culture, mainstream, and underground,
conducted by a man who witnessed much of it and is interested in all of
it."
--Andrew Nette, coeditor of Dangerous Visions and New Worlds: Radical Science Fiction, 1950-1985

"I've
come to think of PM Press's Outspoken Authors series, which has by now
been going on for some thirteen years under the editorship of Terry
Bisson, as my favorite collection of author hang-outs. These modest
collections of fiction, essays, bibliographies, and interviews have
ranged from legendary authors like Le Guin and Delany to newer voices
like Meg Elison and Vandana Singh, and each one feels like spending a
fascinating evening with the subject."
--Gary K. Wolfe, Locus

"Terry's been an outspoken writer for a very long time, and that he
thought what I had to say was important enough to be heard is a lovely
thing."
--Nalo Hopkinson

"Fluent and moral and wry, and very much a writer dominated by
aftermath issues and emotions, Bisson will continue to be read with
great intensity by those who hope to recognize the version of the Matter
of America whose complex stories he told, and so wisely and wryly
cherished."
--The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

"Terry Bisson was a man of the left--the far left (as his novel Fire on the Mountain makes abundantly clear)--and one of his great contributions to SF was his editorship of the Outspoken Authors series."
--Rich Horton, editor of The Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy series