Curtis White
Encyclopedia
Curtis White is an American essayist and author. He serves as professor of English at Illinois State University
in Normal, Illinois
, and as President of the Board of Directors of the Center for Book Culture. Most of his career has been spent writing experimental fiction, but he has turned recently to writing books of social criticism. In 2011 he began blogging at the group literary site Big Other.
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Illinois State University
Illinois State University , founded in 1857, is the oldest public university in Illinois; it is located in the town of Normal. ISU is considered a "national university" that grants a variety of doctoral degrees and strongly emphasizes research; it is also recognized as one of the top ten largest...
in Normal, Illinois
Normal, Illinois
Normal is an incorporated town in McLean County, Illinois, United States. It had a population of 52,497 as of the 2010 census. Normal is the smaller of two principal municipalities of the Bloomington-Normal metropolitan area...
, and as President of the Board of Directors of the Center for Book Culture. Most of his career has been spent writing experimental fiction, but he has turned recently to writing books of social criticism. In 2011 he began blogging at the group literary site Big Other.
Books
As authorAuthor
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- Heretical Songs (short fiction) (Fiction Collective, 1981)
- Metaphysics in the Midwest (stories) (Sun & Moon, 1989)
- The Idea of Home (Sun & Moon, 1993; reprinted by Dalkey Archive PressDalkey Archive PressDalkey Archive Press is a publisher of fiction, poetry, and literary criticism in Illinois in the United States, specializing in the publication or republication of lesser known, often avant-garde works...
, 2004) - Anarcho-Hindu (FC2, 1995)
- Monstrous Possibility: An Invitation to Literary Politics (Dalkey Archive PressDalkey Archive PressDalkey Archive Press is a publisher of fiction, poetry, and literary criticism in Illinois in the United States, specializing in the publication or republication of lesser known, often avant-garde works...
, 1998) - Memories of My Father Watching TV (Dalkey Archive PressDalkey Archive PressDalkey Archive Press is a publisher of fiction, poetry, and literary criticism in Illinois in the United States, specializing in the publication or republication of lesser known, often avant-garde works...
, 1998) - Requiem (Dalkey Archive PressDalkey Archive PressDalkey Archive Press is a publisher of fiction, poetry, and literary criticism in Illinois in the United States, specializing in the publication or republication of lesser known, often avant-garde works...
, 2001) - The Middle Mind: Why Americans Don't Think for Themselves (HarperSanFrancisco, 2003)
- America's Magic Mountain (Dalkey Archive PressDalkey Archive PressDalkey Archive Press is a publisher of fiction, poetry, and literary criticism in Illinois in the United States, specializing in the publication or republication of lesser known, often avant-garde works...
, 2004) - The Spirit of Disobedience: Resisting the Charms of Fake Politics, Mindless Consumption, and the Culture of Total Work (PoliPointPress, 2006)
- The Barbaric Heart: Faith, Money, and the Crisis of Nature (PoliPointPress, 2009)
As editor
Editing
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- An Illuminated History of The Future (FC2, 1989)
- In The Slipstream: An FC2 Reader (FC2, 1999) (co-edited with Ronald SukenickRonald SukenickRonald Sukenick was an American writer and literary theorist.-Life:Sukenick studied at Cornell University, and wrote his doctoral thesis on Wallace Stevens, at Brandeis University ....
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Essays and interviews
- "The Middle Mind", in CONTEXT
- "Saving Private Ryan : Don't try to do no thinkin'!", in CONTEXT
- "Chickening Out. Fear and loathing in the academy: Ward Churchill faces the dilemma of the holy whore", essay, in Village Voice, 2005.
- "In the Sharkcage with Curtis White" : an interview by Trevor Dodge at Alt-X
- "An Interview with Curtis White" : an interview by Ben Kuebrich for OxMag, May 2007.
- "Largehearted Boy Book Notes essay : a music playlist for The Barbaric Heart at Largehearted Boy
Audio
- http://depts.clackamas.edu/english/readings/curtiswhite3142007.mp3Lecture at Clackamas Community CollegeClackamas Community CollegeClackamas Community College is a community college located in Oregon City, Oregon, United States. It is located at the junction of Oregon Route 213 and Molalla Avenue, nearly at the southern edge of the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area...
, (14 March 2007)]
Also
- Vol. XVIII, no. 2 of the Review of Contemporary Fiction contains numerous essays on Curtis White's career and books.