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> [I feel very discouraged with the state of gay and lesbian publishing because I don't feel like we're really welcome in the mainstream and then you get ghettoized and put on some lesbian book club reading list where you don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ali-liebegott/i-feel-very-discouraged-with-the-state-of-gay-and-lesbian-publishing/)

[Ali Liebegott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ali-liebegott/)

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## More by Ali Liebegott

> [As a poet and writer in general I feel very grateful that I can just make a chapbook and that we don't have the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ali-liebegott/as-a-poet-and-writer-in-general-i-feel-very-grateful-that-i-can-just/)

[Ali Liebegott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ali-liebegott/)

> [I'm always struck with writing - I constantly feel like I don't know what I'm doing and I'm starting over.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ali-liebegott/i-m-always-struck-with-writing-i-constantly-feel-like-i-don-t-know/)

[Ali Liebegott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ali-liebegott/)

> [Since becoming an alleged adult, I've always felt like I should exercise - or should at least want to exercise - and make a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ali-liebegott/since-becoming-an-alleged-adult-i-ve-always-felt-like-i-should/)

[Ali Liebegott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ali-liebegott/)

> [I'm always wondering what is the job that gives the writer the most amount of time to write. I still don't know what the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ali-liebegott/i-m-always-wondering-what-is-the-job-that-gives-the-writer-the-most/)

[Ali Liebegott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ali-liebegott/)

> [“Shift #5 for Seamus Heaney a box of coconut water two cans of coconut milk so many looking for help some people care when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ali-liebegott/shift-5-for-seamus-heaney-a-box-of-coconut-water-two-cans-of-coconut/)

[Ali Liebegott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ali-liebegott/)

> [When I see a room full of people pedaling away on stationary bikes, I fall into an existential spiral. It's confirmation that all we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ali-liebegott/when-i-see-a-room-full-of-people-pedaling-away-on-stationary-bikes-i/)

[Ali Liebegott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ali-liebegott/)

> [“Lots of people hate gay people. You can tell who they are because they start sentences with, "It's not like I hate gay people.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ali-liebegott/lots-of-people-hate-gay-people-you-can-tell-who-they-are-because-they/)

[Ali Liebegott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ali-liebegott/)

> [I feel very discouraged with the state of gay and lesbian publishing because I don't feel like we're really welcome in the mainstream and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ali-liebegott/i-feel-very-discouraged-with-the-state-of-gay-and-lesbian-publishing/)

[Ali Liebegott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ali-liebegott/)

> [I'm a writer who stacks cat food for a living. It's true: I have a master's degree in creative writing, I've published two critically…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ali-liebegott/i-m-a-writer-who-stacks-cat-food-for-a-living-it-s-true-i-have-a/)

[Ali Liebegott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ali-liebegott/)

> [“Who isn't interesting enough to help -- what forgotten woman sits in a lawn chair in her yard with a can of soda pressed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ali-liebegott/who-isn-t-interesting-enough-to-help-what-forgotten-woman-sits-in-a/)

[Ali Liebegott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ali-liebegott/)

> [For me writing is so perplexing, because if we were playing ping pong and we weren't writing - twenty years later you'd be just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ali-liebegott/for-me-writing-is-so-perplexing-because-if-we-were-playing-ping-pong/)

[Ali Liebegott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ali-liebegott/)

> [“The daughter wants to turn the past on its back like a turtle or a roach, leaving those legs walking futilely through air cheering…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ali-liebegott/the-daughter-wants-to-turn-the-past-on-its-back-like-a-turtle-or-a/)

[Ali Liebegott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ali-liebegott/)

> [Sometimes I forget when I read a book that it didn't exist in English first.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ali-liebegott/sometimes-i-forget-when-i-read-a-book-that-it-didn-t-exist-in-english/)

[Ali Liebegott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ali-liebegott/)

> [There's something very soothing about the simplicity of doing what's right in front of you: paying the rent, buying groceries, and when there's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ali-liebegott/there-s-something-very-soothing-about-the-simplicity-of-doing-what-s/)

[Ali Liebegott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ali-liebegott/)

> [“do you or don't you know the two worlds I'm talking about, the world that doesn't exist where you wish you could be on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ali-liebegott/do-you-or-don-t-you-know-the-two-worlds-i-m-talking-about-the-world/)

[Ali Liebegott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ali-liebegott/)

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