Adam Robinson—

Emerging Writers Network put together an alternate list of 20.

“There is obviously much to praise about the work that is published by New York houses, and in The New Yorker, as well as the authors on the New Yorker list.  Nonetheless, we feel it is the independent presses who best represent the heart and soul of understanding what is going on in literary fiction today, and the writers included here have all struck a chord with that community. Each of these writers deserves to have his or her work championed and read by anyone who values great writing.”