Dick and Shirley Jackson, a "writer mostly famous for one short story." Lovecraft a second-tier writer, but maybe not so mean to call him a fringe author." Other examples Jones gave of dubious choices were Philip K. Newsweek's Malcolm Jones offered him as exhibit A in his argument that "the Library of America is running out of writers": "maybe it's cruel to label H. Not everyone was pleased with Lovecraft getting this recognition. Lovecraft's inclusion in a roster that includes the likes of Henry James, Edith Wharton, and Herman Melville was taken as a sign of his literary acceptance the Los Angeles Review of Books cited the Library of America volume as evidence that "literary critics.are finally beginning to pay attention to this defiantly unfashionable writer." Widely recognized as the definitive collection of American writing, Library of America editions encompass all periods and genres-including acknowledged classics, neglected masterpieces, and historically important documents and texts-and showcase the vitality and variety of America’s literary legacy. Lovecraft: Tales is a 2005 collection of Lovecraft's fiction edited by Peter Straub and published by the Library of America, a nonprofit publisher that says it "champions our nation’s cultural heritage by publishing America’s greatest writing in authoritative new editions":
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