Friday, January 15, 2010

Literary Lies

18th century poet Thomas Chatterton, modern-day pseudo-memoirist James Frey, even Mark Twain have all perpetrated some type of literary deception on an unsuspecting public... Some playful, others with malicious motives.

Hear the scams from Melissa Katsoulis, author of “Literary Hoaxes: An Eye-Opening History of Famous Frauds.”



Audio: BBC, PRI & WBUR's Here & Now. Host: Robin Young.

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