I could link to any of the many, many links that are surfacing that discuss the latest memoir hoaxes.
Or, I could simply send you over to Margaret Soltan's University Diaries. One more excellent "academic" blog I read regularly.
I vote for the latter.
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Loved your friend's blog and her take on this.
This kind of thing makes it hard to look someone in the eye and say I write nonfiction. Sigh.
Hi, Lisa:
Thanks so much for your comment.
I've since read your blog post on this, too. Like you, I was really swayed by the NYT review (and also by the House and Home feature that ran last Thursday). Not to mention the online slideshow featuring the "memoirist's" 8-year-old child. Now I can't help thinking that one of the worst aspects of this hoax is the exploitation of that child.
Anyway. As for the University Diaries blog--I don't know the blogger (Margaret Soltan) personally, but I really do enjoy that blog. As a writer, I find Soltan's "close readings" and editorial comments especially appealing. I encourage you to keep visiting!
Best,
Erika
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