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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.
As author:
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 Press, 2004)
Anarcho-Hindu (FC2, 1995)
Monstrous Possibility: An Invitation to Literary Politics (Dalkey Archive Press, 1998)
Memories of My Father Watching TV (Dalkey Archive Press, 1998)
Requiem (Dalkey Archive Press, 2001)
The Middle Mind: Why Americans Don't Think for Themselves (HarperSanFrancisco, 2003)
America's Magic Mountain (Dalkey Archive Press, 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:
An Illuminated History of The Future (FC2, 1989)
In The Slipstream: An FC2 Reader (FC2, 1999) (co-edited with Ronald Sukenick)
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
Lecture at Clackamas Community College, (14 March 2007)
Also
Vol. XVIII, no. 2 of the Review of Contemporary Fiction contains numerous essays on Curtis White's career and books.
Total Books: 25