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“Who Are the Most Underrated Writers in America?”

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Isaac Fitzgerald

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Craig Morgan Teicher over at Publishers Weekly doesn’t want to talk about The Huffington Post’s ridiculous “Top 15 Overrated Writers” article either. But he does want to start a productive conversation, asking “Who Are the Most Underrated Writers in America?”

Craig names our own Stephen Elliott as underrated writer numero uno: “[The Adderall Diaries]  should have made him wildly famous, and yet he’s only mildly famous.” Craig goes on to ask his readers to submit their own underrated writers, promising to post a completed list once it’s ready.

Why not head over and let PW know which writers you feel don’t get enough love?

(via @ovillalon)

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Isaac Fitzgerald
Isaac Fitzgerald has been a firefighter, worked on a boat, and was once given a sword by a king, thereby accomplishing three out of five of his childhood goals. Formerly of The Rumpus and McSweeney’s and most recently the founding editor of BuzzFeed Books, Isaac is now the co-host of BuzzFeed News’ Twitter Morning Show, #AMtoDM. He also appears frequently on The Today Show to talk books, and is co-author of Pen & Ink: Tattoos and the Stories Behind Them and Knives & Ink: Chefs and the Stories Behind Their Tattoos (with Recipes) (winner of an IACP award), and the author of a YA novel and picture book forthcoming from Bloomsbury. He uses Twitter.

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  1. Dave Cullen Avatar
    Dave Cullen

    Short story writer Lucia Berlin.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucia_Berlin

    She was also my mentor–does that disqualify her? Amazing writer. And then she died. Another DQ?

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