Curtis White

Tuesday, April 3, 2018, 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Photo of Curtis White with a parrot on his shoulder
Author Curtis White, the man Paul Auster called "a master of bewitchments," reads from his work. Lacking Character (Melville House, 2018) is his first novel in 20 years. "A comic, absurd delight. ... White is a postmodern master, and in this wild satire he transforms the banal into magic." — Publishers Weekly. Free.
Location: 
Humanities Building, The Poetry Center (Room 512)
Sponsor: 
Creative Writing Department, English Language and Literature Department
Contact: 
English Language and Literature Department
Phone: 
415-338-2264
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White has written eight books of fiction, including Memories of My Father Watching TV. His nonfiction includes The Middle Mind, The Science Delusion and We, Robots. His essays have appeared in Harper’s, the Village Voice, Orion, Salon, Tricycle and Playboy. He is a founder of the Fiction Collective.

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Photo courtesy of Melville House