Hoax Memoir Spectacular!

Hoax Memoir Spectacular!

Published on Apr 1
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<p>This week, flim flam correspondent and certified April Fool Chelsey Weber-Smith is here to talk about a fistful of fake memoirs, featuring girls raised by wolves; the chicken pox of James Frey; what poetry can give us that memoir can&apos;t; and Eugene, Oregon (twice!). </p><p>Read more about it here:</p><p>The Smoking Gun&apos;s &quot;A Million Little Lies&quot; <a href='https://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/celebrity/million-little-lies'>https://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/celebrity/million-little-lies</a></p><p>Blake Eskin&apos;s &quot;The Girl Who Cried Wolf&quot; <a href='https://www.bostonmagazine.com/2008/08/18/the-girl-who-cried-wolf-a-holocaust-fairy-tale/'>https://www.bostonmagazine.com/2008/08/18/the-girl-who-cried-wolf-a-holocaust-fairy-tale/</a></p><p>Michelle Dean&apos;s &quot;Opal Whiteley&apos;s Riddles&quot; <a href='https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/opal-whiteleys-riddles'>https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/opal-whiteleys-riddles</a></p><p>...