''Overqualified'' is an art project by Canadian writer
Joey Comeau
Joey Comeau (born September 26, 1980) is a Canadian writer. He is best known for writing the text of the webcomic '' A Softer World'', and for his novels ''Lockpick Pornography'' and ''Overqualified''.
Career
In 2003, Comeau co-created the webc ...
in which he wrote a series of
cover letters as
job application
An application for employment is a standard business document that is prepared with questions deemed relevant by employers. It is used to determine the best candidate to fill a specific role within the company. Most companies provide such forms to ...
s to companies. The letters were collected into a book and published as ''Overqualified'' by
ECW Press
ECW Press is a Canadian book publisher located in Toronto, Ontario. It was founded by Jack David and Robert Lecker in 1974 as a Canadian literary magazine named ''Essays on Canadian Writing''. They started publishing trade and scholarly book ...
in 2009. The letters all start off as standard cover letters, but quickly turn very dark, and almost inevitably reveal the author to be mentally unstable. Excerpts from the book were included in the 2010 ''
Best American Nonrequired Reading
''The Best American Nonrequired Reading'' was a yearly anthology of fiction and nonfiction selected annually by high school students in California and Michigan through 826 Valencia and 826michigan. The volume was part of ''The Best American Series ...
''.
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External links
Overqualified
2009 short story collections
Canadian short story collections
LGBT literature in Canada
ECW Press books
LGBT short story collections
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