Monday, May 05, 2008

Why do they lie?

Arguably a favorite topic of book blogs and news outlets, plagiarism and lying about one's past are in the news again; this time in the guise of a former gang member's memoir and eventual unveiling as a fraud by her sister. She actually grew up in swanky Sherman Oaks, CA.

Fake Memoirs and the New Racial "Passing"
(Bookslut)