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Since this site is destined to become a dual clearinghouse for the dozen people in the world who are interested in both potty-training and literary scandal, I offer this following piece of half-assed opinion, spun out of my brain in a fit of insomnia last night:
James Frey, appearing on Larry King tonight, had this to say about the controversy over his book, from which it looks like he'll emerge undamaged: "A memoir is within the genre of nonfiction. I don't think it's necessarily appropriate to say I've conned anyone. You know, the book is 432 pages long. The total page count of disputed events is 18, which is less than 5 percent of the total book. That falls comfortably within the realm of what's appropriate for a memoir."
Who, I wonder, is this guy to tell me what's appropriate for a memoir? I just finished a memoir myself. The final draft of my manuscript was 500 pages long. I guarantee that there will not be a single disputed page among them. Why? Because I took notes every day that I was writing it. Because when I was recounting events that were less than immediate, I checked and double-checked and triple-checked with the parties involved. I did my document work. In short, I was honest. Or, as James Frey would write, Honest.
I don't understand why, suddenly, people are saying that it's OK to embellish in a memoir or that everyone assumes that everything in a memoir is embellished. Or even worse, people, or, excepting people, Oprah, seem to think that it's OK to just make things up. I've taken great pains to write something true-to-life, and so do most people who attempt to put their stories onto the page in a nonfictitious way. What good is an autobiography if you can't account for yourself fairly and accurately? Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go fuck a prostitute and shoot heroin into my anus before I drive my son to school.







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