Filed by KOSU News in Art & Life.
October 17, 2011

Let’s face it: Coastal writers have more street cred. I would be fine with that — they’ve got more traffic; it’s a trade-off —but so many great books are overlooked because of it.

Here are three that probably would’ve gotten more hype if their authors had been at the right Lower East Side cocktail party. [Copyright 2011 National Public Radio]