Tag Archives: James Frey

Plagiarism, Lies, and Total BS in Writing

Posted on May 1, 2006 by Neil

  This weekend in Los Angeles was the 11th Annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books.   It's an enormous literary event attracting  thousands of readers to the UCLA campus to attend lectures by such high-profile writers as Frank McCourt, Mitch … Continue reading →

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My Brilliant Literary Career

Posted on January 19, 2006 by Neil

Last week, Sophia was all upset about the James Frey story and his fraudulent memoir, "A Million Little Pieces." Well, actually, she was more upset at me.  "It’s pretty clear that the book got sold because they thought he was … Continue reading →

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