Why is it... WHY IS IT, that the man's memory has been forgotten? He was, in his time, the highest selling author and the first American Nobel Prize winner for Literature. His books are funny, imaginative, academic, romantic and most of all- alive. His characters, to me, are the most vividly recognizable of any author save the Karamazovs. He was a, if not THE, representative voice of his time; so why is he so little esteemed? Even on this site with the subgroup of authors...He's missing. What are your thoughts, world-wide web of my point/gripe? Honestly, I think it's due impart to the mighty Fitzgerald, who's been crowned. I wonder about this a lot so a discussion might benefit me.