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  • John Madera

    • Please join me in welcoming Curtis White to Big Other.

    Curtis White is the critically acclaimed writer of numerous books of experimental fiction and social criticism. His books include: Heretical Songs (Fiction Collective, 1981); Metaphysics in the Midwest (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).

    He is also the editor of An Illuminated History of The Future (FC2, 1989) and In The Slipstream: An FC2 Reader (FC2, 1999) (co-edited with Ronald Sukenick).

    • John Madera is the author of Nervosities (Anti-Oedipus Press, 2024) and Nomad Science (Spuyten Duyvil Press, forthcoming in 2026).  His  fiction is also published in Conjunctions, Salt Hill, Hobart, The &Now Awards 2: The Best Innovative Writing, and many other journals. His poetry is also published in elimae, Sixth Finch, Contrapuntos, and elsewhere. His criticism is published in American Book Review, Bookforum, The Review of Contemporary Fiction, Rain Taxi: Review of Books, The Believer, The Brooklyn Rail, and many other venues. Recipient of an M.F.A. in Literary Arts from Brown University, two-time New York State Council on the Arts awardee John Madera lives in New York City, where he runs Rhizomatic and manages and edits Big Other.

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