Politics of Culture

Fake Memoirs

Host:

Jonathan Kirsch

Produced by:

Sarah Spitz

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The Literary Liars Club recently expanded its roster. The latest scandal involves a suburban white woman writing as a half-white, half-Indian inner-city gangbanger. Why is there such a proliferation of fake memoirs? Why not just sell an imaginary story as fiction? Jonathan Kirsch speaks with novelists, editors and publishers.

Guests:

Sara Nelson: Editor in Chief, Publishers Weekly
David Ulin: Editor, Los Angeles Times Book Review
Judith Freeman: novelist and biographer

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