Erskine Caldwell Tom Franklin Mcliam Wilson William Gay Larry Brown Harry Crews Barry Hannah Carlo Emilio Gadda Herbert Asbury Neil Simon Jonathan Evison Max Black Michelle Huneven Jeffrey Lent Pirandello David Means David Liss Sam Lipsyte Richard Price Calvin Wharton James P. Othmer Joris Karl Huysmans D'Annunzio Jim Thompson Kem Nunn Barry Gifford William Kennedy Jim Harrison Dr Seuss Richard Ford Gore Vidal James Frey John Fante George Saunders George Pelecanos Cormac Mccarthy Alice Munro Harper Lee T. Coraghessan Boyle Sylvia Plath John Steinbeck Dave Eggers Haruki Murakami Charles Bukowski