Read more fake memoirs stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/25888/fake-memoirs.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:35:51 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/66725/james-freys-latest-creation-pro-choice-pro-gay-jesus.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJames Frey pissed off a lot of people—including Oprah—when his “memoir” A Million Little Pieces was exposed as fictional—but his new book might spark even more ire. Illumination: The Final Testament of the Holy Bible features a Messiah who marries gays, impregnates a teen, and later takes...http://www.newser.com/story/66725/james-freys-latest-creation-pro-choice-pro-gay-jesus.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 12 Aug 2009 11:55:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58734/oprah-to-fake-memoirist-sorry.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn a moment worthy of, well, Oprah , talk-show queen Winfrey herself had an epiphany while meditating—and called memoir faker James Frey to apologize for publicly eviscerating him on her show. “When I heard her say, ‘I felt I owe you an apology,’ I was very grateful,” Frey tells...http://www.newser.com/story/58734/oprah-to-fake-memoirist-sorry.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 12 May 2009 8:57:31 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58104/fake-memoirist-frey-implies-dirt-on-oprah.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDoes James Frey—who achieved infamy when Oprah Winfrey denounced his fake addiction memoir A Million Little Pieces —have dirt on the talk-show queen? That’s what he seems to imply in new novel Bright Shiny Morning , the New York Post reports. The paperback edition, out May 12, includes an omitted...http://www.newser.com/story/58104/fake-memoirist-frey-implies-dirt-on-oprah.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 05 May 2009 9:52:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/51152/fake-holocaust-author-on-gma.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHolocaust memoir faker Herman Rosenblat appears on Good Morning America today in his first TV appearance since his downfall, Gawker reports. A leaked video of Rosenblat being interviewed made it onto YouTube last night, and shows the story he’s trying to spin: that he convinced himself he was the boy...http://www.newser.com/story/51152/fake-holocaust-author-on-gma.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Feb 2009 7:00:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47366/fake-holocaust-memoir-may-see-light-as-novel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHerman Rosenblat’s Holocaust memoir was exposed as fake, but that doesn’t mean no one can profit off it: A small New York press is considering publishing the work as fiction, Gawker reports. Rosenblat, who even fooled Oprah a la James Frey, spun a touching but debunked story about meeting his...http://www.newser.com/story/47366/fake-holocaust-memoir-may-see-light-as-novel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 08 Jan 2009 13:25:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/46697/publisher-yanks-kid-spinoff-of-holocaust-fake.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPublishers are now pulling a picture book inspired by a Holocaust love story revealed to be a fake, Publishers Weekly reports. Lerner Publishing has announced it will cancel reprints of Angel Girl and offer refunds for returned copies. Herman Rosenblat's memoir Angel on the Fence was canceled by another publisher...http://www.newser.com/story/46697/publisher-yanks-kid-spinoff-of-holocaust-fake.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 31 Dec 2008 5:54:23 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/46475/publisher-cancels-fake-holocaust-memoir.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA publisher has canceled a Holocaust memoir attacked by experts as a fake, reports Publishers Weekly . Angel at the Fence , which was promoted by Oprah Winfrey, purported to tell the story of Holocaust survivor Henry Rosenblat, who claimed he was saved by food tossed over a concentration camp fence by...http://www.newser.com/story/46475/publisher-cancels-fake-holocaust-memoir.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 28 Dec 2008 9:41:30 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/29495/realish-sedaris-book-skirts-memoir-scrutiny.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith his new book of nonfiction essays, Engulfed in Flames , David Sedaris finds himself engulfed in questions of truth and accuracy. In America, the recent explosion of memoirs has been followed with one scandal after another, prompting more scrutiny of the humorist’s work. “I do think Sedaris exaggerates too much...http://www.newser.com/story/29495/realish-sedaris-book-skirts-memoir-scrutiny.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 08 Jun 2008 10:45:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/20932/how-to-fake-a-memoir.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMisha Defonseca's memoir left a sticky trail of lies about escaping Nazis and living with wolves. (It turns out wolf saliva isn't an antiseptic.) Tired of careless fabricators, Slate writes a how-to for aspiring fakers: Keep it vague. Dates are verifiable—"awhile" is not. Watch out for tattling siblings....http://www.newser.com/story/20932/how-to-fake-a-memoir.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 12 Mar 2008 16:03:08 CDT