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1slickdpdx
Now that group zeitgeist is back, I peeped at the list of shared books in the group. There are a lot of authors I'm not familiar with that I'd like to hear more about. Especially the female authors who are woefully underappreciated in my own library.
I'll throw out one to get things started: Simon Black. He's not well represented on LT, but he wrote two cool and weird novels; Me and Kev and The Book of Frank.
I'll throw out one to get things started: Simon Black. He's not well represented on LT, but he wrote two cool and weird novels; Me and Kev and The Book of Frank.
2absurdeist
What a wonderful idea for a group!
Underappreciated female authors that immediately come to mind: Christina Stead. Check out her most "famous" work, The Man Who Loved Children; Elizabeth Bowen's The Death of the Heart. Read any book of short story's by Grace Paley and you'll be in for a treat. A good anthology of short stories arrived this year via the early reviewers that I had the privilege to obtain, featuring several emerging women writers, called Love You To Pieces, editted by Suzanne Kamata. I particularly liked a short story by a Canadian author, Hannah Holborn, who's first collection of short stories will be released in the Spring of 2009.
As for the underappreciated men among us, how about Paul Metcalf and his masterwork, Genoa. Joseph McElroy should have been more recognized in the postmodern world. Alexander Theroux, Stanley Elkin, also.
Underappreciated female authors that immediately come to mind: Christina Stead. Check out her most "famous" work, The Man Who Loved Children; Elizabeth Bowen's The Death of the Heart. Read any book of short story's by Grace Paley and you'll be in for a treat. A good anthology of short stories arrived this year via the early reviewers that I had the privilege to obtain, featuring several emerging women writers, called Love You To Pieces, editted by Suzanne Kamata. I particularly liked a short story by a Canadian author, Hannah Holborn, who's first collection of short stories will be released in the Spring of 2009.
As for the underappreciated men among us, how about Paul Metcalf and his masterwork, Genoa. Joseph McElroy should have been more recognized in the postmodern world. Alexander Theroux, Stanley Elkin, also.
3quartzite
Mention of Stanley Elkin reminds me also of Stanley Ellin once well thought of but now faded into undeserved obscurity. His books are mainly crime novels that often look at the dark things going on under placid and complacent exteriors ranging from suburbia to the wealthy.
4QueenOfDenmark
Zina Rohan would be my first choice for an underappreciated female author, she wrote one of my favourite books The book of wishes and complaints and I can't believe she hasn't been more widely represented on here.
For male authors, Jonathan Carroll doesn't seem to be too popular and I can't recommend Rob Shearman too much. He wrote Tiny Deaths and he is a Library Thing author too, so ought to get a lot of support on here.
For male authors, Jonathan Carroll doesn't seem to be too popular and I can't recommend Rob Shearman too much. He wrote Tiny Deaths and he is a Library Thing author too, so ought to get a lot of support on here.
