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Derek White

author profile

url

http://www.goodreads.com/profile/DerekWhite

born

November 22, 1966

gender

male

place of birth

Portland, Oregon, United States

website

http://www.derekwhite.com

genre

Literature & Fiction

influences

Amos Tutuola, Gary Lutz, Frank Stanford, James Tate, Raymond Carver

about this author

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I run a press called Calamari Press.
I edit a lit mag called Sleepingfish.
I blog at 5cense.
I wrote a book called Poste Restante. Here's a review of it in The Believer. I did some chapbooks and collaborations before that, either as an artist or writer. Sometimes I make book covers and art for books. I like books.
I'm working on a new book called Our Mother the Fish. Hopefully I'll have it finished soon.

books by Derek White

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avg rating: 4.80 | 10 ratings | 7 distinct works

	Poste Restante (Paperback) by Derek White (goodreads author!) avg rating 4.50 — 4 ratings — published 2006	my rating:
	P.S. At Least We Died Trying to Make You in the Backseat of a Taxidermist (Pamphlet) by Derek White (goodreads author!), Wendy Collin Sorin avg rating 5.00 — 1 ratings — published 2004	my rating:
	Bodh[i] Circu[it]s / Alg[a]e[bra] D[ra[in] (Pamphlet) by Derek White (goodreads author!) avg rating 5.00 — 1 ratings — published 2004	my rating:
	Mining in the Black Hills (Pamphlet) by Derek White (goodreads author!) avg rating 5.00 — 1 ratings — published 2003	my rating:
	23 Text Tiles (Pamphlet) by Derek White (goodreads author!) avg rating 5.00 — 1 ratings — published 2003	my rating:

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	10/16 Chuy is currently reading: Middlesex (Paperback) by Jeffrey Eugenides bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
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	10/16 Chuy is currently reading: Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnamable (Everyman's Library) by Samuel Beckett bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
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	10/16 Chuy is currently reading: The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution (Paperback) by Richard Dawkins bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
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April 28

New comment on Chuy's review of Gravity's Rainbow (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

Chuy wrote: "yah, i'm just not smart enough for it. I spent a whole summer trying to read it and not a lot of it ...more "

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April 27

Chuy gave

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Gravity's Rainbow (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
by Thomas Pynchon

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March 14

Chuy gave

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One Hundred and Forty Five Stories in a Small Box: Hard to Admit and Harder to Escape, How the Water Feels to the Fishes, and Minor Robberies (Hardcover)
by Sarah Manguso, Dave Eggers, Deb Olin Unferth

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Chuy said: "I read the Deb Olin Unferth 1/3 of it, Minor Robberies, and enjoyed it immenseley. I responded to it here:
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March 11

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Bear Stories (pamphlet)
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March 08

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Tortoise (Perfect Paperback)
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January 09

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The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference (Paperback)
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read in January, 2008

Chuy said: "I read this in jury duty today, a fascinating study on how things become popular (in epidemic proportions). It tries to be scientific, though a lot of times with these things it's hard to distinguish between cause and effect. Do cigarettes or hush-pu...more "

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December 29

Chuy added:
Phos (eBook)
by Matina Stamatakis (Goodreads author!)

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December 26

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The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by Franz Kafka

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December 03

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Stars of the New Curfew (King Penguin)
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A group to discuss and recommend books published by the independent presses. Fiction and poetry only.

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from Peter

02/21/2008 11:32AM

Hey Derek - I love that you have Amos Tutuola listed as an influence, and listed first. Take care, Peter

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