Underground Literary Alliance
Among many other activities, they have gained considerable attention for their exposure of an insular literary practice whereby Establishment authors serve on juries to award monetary prizes to their writing friends. In particular they have been able to point out cases where the prizewinning authors are in fact already wealthy, and thus can be seen as taking money from other authors who actually need it.<P> In general the ULA favors direct, vernacular writing over the more cryptic and mannered styles of the present-day academy.<P> A quote from the organization's website: "The Underground Literary Alliance is the most controversial writer's group in America. We stand up for writers, expose corruption in the publishing world, and work to create a fun & exciting alternative to the literary mainstream."
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