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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Poppy Z. Brite

Nominated by Ron Hogan, who says, "She's been getting some fabulous recognition for her last two novels, Liquor and Prime, but she deserves to be bigger, and if you aren't reading those books, well, run right down to the bookstore."

More about Poppy Z. Brite
+  The Poppy Z. Brite Official Site
+  Brite's titles at Powell's
+  Poppy Z. Brite's Wikipedia entry
+  Bookslut's interview with Brite
+  Brite's group listings at Yahoo!

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Lydia Millet

This author, and only one other, is doubly recommended by Mark Sarvas and Ron Hogan. Sarvas calls her "ambitious, smart and witty." Hogan recognizes that the terrific reviews her novel, Oh Pure and Radiant Heart, received might make the "underrated" label "not entirely accurate," but recommends her anyway, because "she's not as famous as she ought to be." This novel is Millett's fourth. Her others include the irresistibly titled George Bush, Dark Prince of Love: A Presidential Romance and Everyone's Pretty.

More about Lydia Millet
+  Soft Skull Press's page for OPaRH, includes an excerpt from the novel
+  Sarvas's 3-Minute Interview with Millet
+  PopMatters review of OPaRH

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