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February 11, 2019April 4, 2019 - Autobiography, Fiction, Nonfiction, Reading, Writing

Autofiction, by Curtis White

Murdered by Subtlety   By the time I was twelve years old, I had begun the long process of removing…

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April 23, 2012 - Uncategorized

Philanthropy as a Pathology

An essay on philanthropy that I began in 2009 at the request of Orion Magazine has at last appeared. But…

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March 8, 2012March 8, 2012 - Uncategorized

Managing Despair

The essay below is in the March Playboy Forum. I’ve received their permission to post so that it could be…

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February 24, 2012February 24, 2012 - Uncategorized

Crazy Wisdom: von Trier’s Melancholia

This is from the Great Grotesque Thing I’m writing, but it has some topical relevance now so I’ll post it.…

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October 8, 2011 - Uncategorized

“Late Word” essay up at Lapham’s

Big Others: FYI: My essay on the future of literature is up at Lapham’s Quarterly “Roundtable”. http://www.laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/roundtable/the-late-word.php

September 1, 2011September 1, 2011 - Uncategorized

Sorry Ass Devolution

This is an aside from a longer reading of Wordsworth’s “Immortality Ode.”  It felt blog-like, so here it is. For…

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July 31, 2011 - Uncategorized

I Talk to Kakutani

Part the last of my Kakutani demolition derby. I had a telephone conversation with Michiko Kakutani once. In 1990-something I…

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June 8, 2011 - Uncategorized

From the Barbaric Heart: Kakutani: Death Star

This is Part 2 of my hit job on the most important literary critic in these theoretically United States.  It’s…

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May 17, 2011May 18, 2011 - Uncategorized

From the Barbaric Heart: Michiko reviews my unwritten book!

I’m going to post three short things regarding the NY Times book reviewer Michiko Kakutani.  They are mostly lies and…

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April 4, 2011April 4, 2011 - Uncategorized

From the Barbaric Heart: Sufjan Stevens’ Vengeful Play

I was listening to Sufjan Stevens’ song “I Walked” on his new album The Age of Adz when it occurred…

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