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Stephanie Klein Sells Self Down The River
Sixth grade: No one looked good. In promotion of her new book, Moose: A Memoir of Fat Camp, notably redheaded blogger Stephanie Klein recounts some of her most awkward moments. (She used to look weird, you know.) In the clip after the jump, she shows a forged note from a childhood's crush claiming he's in love with her. Looks like we found our next Margaret Seltzer!More »
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How to Fact-Check a Scandalous Memoir, Offend Your Friends
In the Guardian, Tom Sykes, author of addiction memoir What Did I Do Last Night?, tells us how his publisher, along with a lawyer, made him fact-check his memoir: by sending the manuscript to everyone mentioned, including his drug dealer! Some of these people, while accurately described, were pissed. Especially Chris Wilson, formerly of Page Six and currently of Maxim!More »
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Gangsta Love
We finally got around to reading the fake gang memoir, Margaret Seltzer's Love and Consequences. While we agree with the NYT's Michiko Kakutani's assesment ("self-consciously novelistic"), we thought there was one line worth sharing: "He leaned over and gently kissed me... his lips tasted like Olde English and chronic smoke." Word up!
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What If Your (True) Memoir is So Good That Nobody Believes It?
Regarding the fake memoir crisis, and its effect on budding writers: sometimes, your life, or the lives that touch yours, are so "bafflingly fucked" that the only thing to do is write about it. After the jump, two memoirists (one published, one not) with Dickensian backgrounds talk about the Frey/Leroy/Seltzer clusterfuck that conspired to cast doubt on their stories. (One way to prove that your homeless memoir is true? Dump memorabilia from your years as a waif on their desks!) More »
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Fake Memoirists Ruining it For Everybody Else, Naturally
We want your stories about how fake memoirists are messing up your damn writing career! Here, we have the tale of a young surgical resident whose operating-table narrative is being held back "in this current climate." "Thank goodness I've got a fondness for amber liquors," he adds. What's up, Doc? More »
Calling All Memoirists & Nonfiction Writers (Real, Not Fake!)
Are you writing a memoir or nonfiction right now? Have you experienced backlash in the wake of fake-memoir scandals? Tell us about it! We'll keep it anonymous.
Are you writing a memoir or nonfiction right now? Have you experienced backlash in the wake of fake-memoir scandals? Tell us about it! We'll keep it anonymous.
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