Underrated Writers

The Editors

  • Trevor Jackson (Creekside Review)
  • Jeff Bryant (Syntax of Things)

The Projects

  • 2006 Underrated Writers Project
  • 2005 Underrated Writers Project

The Underrated Writers (2005)

  • Allen, Mary
  • Benedetti, Mario
  • Brite, Poppy Z.
  • Butler, Jack
  • Carrington, Leonora
  • Cendrars, Blaise
  • Clary, Killarney
  • Cote, Andrea
  • Crawford, Stanley
  • D'Ambrosio, Charles
  • Deaver, Philip F.
  • Dexter, Pete
  • Dixon, Stephen
  • Dubris, Maggie
  • Elkin, Stanley
  • Emshwille, Carol
  • Erickson, Steve
  • Estrada, LucĂ­a
  • Fernando Verissimo, Luis
  • Ford, Jeffrey
  • Gann, Kirby
  • Gidley, Tom
  • Hartnett, Sonya
  • Heinemann, Larry
  • Hofmann, Gert
  • Home, Stewart
  • Houellebecq, Michel
  • Huneven, Michelle
  • Isles, John
  • Jones, Tayari
  • Josipovici, Gabriel
  • Kapuscinski, Ryszard
  • Landor, Barth
  • Lennon, J. Robert
  • Magnuson, Mike
  • McCarthy, Tom
  • McGraw, Erin
  • McHugh, Maureen
  • McManus, John
  • Millet, Lydia
  • Mutis, Alvaro
  • O'Connell, Mary
  • Park, Paul
  • Pemberton, Gayle
  • Percy, Benjamin
  • Pittalwala, Iqbal
  • Plascencia, Salvador
  • Quin, Ann
  • Ruland, Jim
  • Ryman, Geoff
  • Sharp, Ellis
  • Stall, Katherine
  • Thomson, Rupert
  • Wells, Kellie
  • Yellin, Tamar

The Contributors (2005)

  • A.M. Correa (Out of the Woods Now)
  • Andrew Gallix (3:AM Magazine)
  • C. Max Magee (The Millions)
  • Carrie A.A. Frye (Tingle Alley)
  • Dan Wickett (Emerging Writers Network)
  • Genevieve Tucker (You Cried For Night)
  • Gwenda Bond (Shaken & Stirred)
  • James Tata
  • Lee Rourke (Scarecrow)
  • Mark Sarvas (The Elegant Variation)
  • Matthew Cheney (The Mumpsimus)
  • Ron Hogan (Beatrice)
  • Sam Jones (Golden Rule Jones)
  • Steve Mitchelmore (This Space)
  • Traver Kauffman (Rake's Progress)

Categories

  • 3:AM (Andrew Gallix) (3)
  • Beatrice (Ron Hogan) (2)
  • Elegant Variation, The (Mark Sarvas) (3)
  • Emerging Writers Network (Dan Wickett) (5)
  • Golden Rule Jones (Sam Jones) (4)
  • James Tata (6)
  • Millions, The (C. Max Magee) (4)
  • Mumpsimus, The (Matthew Cheney) (1)
  • Out of the Woods Now (A.M. Correa) (4)
  • Rake's Progress (Traver Kauffman) (5)
  • Scarecrow (Lee Rourke) (5)
  • Shaken & Stirred (Gwenda Bond) (5)
  • This Space (Steve Mitchelmore) (2)
  • Tingle Alley (CAAF) (6)
  • You Cried For Night (Genevieve Tucker) (1)
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Maggie Dubris

Biographies of Maggie Dubris (nominated by Andrew Gallix) describe her as a poet, a musician, a former ambulance driver, and a practicing musician.  Of her latest novel, Skels, about a paramedic in 1979 New York, Dubris writes:

When I wrote Skels, I was thinking about what would happen if the ambulance world really was permeated with the works of past writers, and the skels were carrying the consciousnesses of the writers themselves. What would I have done if I had met the greatest poet of all, and been granted the chance to save him. Not from dying, but from his own life.

I want people to read my book and see what I saw. Not what I literally saw but the way it felt in my soul, magical and violent and funny, filled with passion, and like it contained some ancient element that was invisible from the outside. I want them to think about how people who are considered the lowliest by our society can have something wonderful hidden inside them.

More about Maggie Dubris
+  Dubris books and CDs
+  Popmatters' review of Skels
+  Gothamist interview with Dubris
+  dogmatika interview with Dubris

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Tom Gidley

Andrew Gallix suggested British writer Tom Gidley, author of the novel Stunning Lofts.  From publisher Metronome's biography:  "Tom Gidley was born in 1968 and lives in London. A co-founder of frieze magazine and former member of all-electric bass guitar band Big Bottom, he has exhibited widely over the past fifteen years. His work encompasses a broad range of media, including film installation, sculpture, painting, music and literature. Stunning Lofts is his first novel."

More about Gidley
+  Biography

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Tom McCarthy

Andrew Gallix of 3:AM Magazine says of Tom McCarthy's novel, Remainder, "It's simply the best thing I've read all year." Hit that last link to French-publisher Metronome Press's site for a plot summary that will astonish you with its brilliance. McCarthy is also the general secretary of the International Necronautical Society, which is dedicated to exactly what their name suggests. Be sure and read the manifesto.

More about Tom McCarthy
+  A review of Remainder at Short-Term Memory Loss
+  Another brief review at The Independent (scroll down)
+  A bio of McCarthy

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