James Frey

Mary Karr: David Foster Wallace and I kept each other alive

The memoirist dishes on their friendship, James Frey and the conceit of the tortured artist

Nina Puro, The Fix Thursday, May 23, 2013 4:01 PM UTC
Entertainment The Fix, Mary Karr

Aleksandar Hemon: “I cannot stand that whole game of confession. I have nothing to confess and I do not ask for redemption”

The Sarajevo native redefines memoir and describes how his oldest daughter inspired him to write about loss

Kera Bolonik Saturday, Mar 23, 2013 11:00 PM UTC
Entertainment sarajevo, Bosnia, literature

Do memoirs have to be so unhappy?

Legendary critic Calvin Trillin discusses his favorite books of the genre

Sophie Roell, The Browser Monday, Jan 14, 2013 12:45 PM UTC
Entertainment The Browser, calvin trillin

Will Armstrong come clean?

The disgraced cyclist plans to sit down with Oprah — and hints that he may reveal more about the doping allegations

Mary Elizabeth Williams Wednesday, Jan 9, 2013 4:42 PM UTC
Entertainment Lance Armstrong, Livestrong

Talking with Daniel Mendelsohn about the year in literary criticism

Two critics discuss 2012's raging debates over sock puppets, Twitter cheerleaders and hatchet-job reviews

Laura Miller Monday, Dec 31, 2012 8:00 PM UTC 15
Entertainment Best of 2012

Art doesn’t pay

The creative class, of which I am a proud and bewildered member, appears to be going bankrupt. Is all hope lost?

Janet Steen, The Weeklings Sunday, Sep 30, 2012 2:00 PM UTC 13
Life Recession, Writing, Arts, Jobs

James Frey will be doing Oprah again

The talk show host has apologized to the writer for calling him out in 2006. Or is this one more of his lies?

Drew Grant Thursday, Apr 21, 2011 4:57 PM UTC 11
Entertainment James Frey, Fiction

James Frey does Jesus

If the faux-memoirist thinks he'll offend anyone by depicting Christ as a whoring drunk, he'll be disappointed

Laura Miller Wednesday, Mar 16, 2011 9:37 PM UTC 35
Entertainment James Frey, Publishing News

“I Am Number Four” will have a sequel, and it will be written by children

The author has found fresh talent to ghost-write the next installment of his alien franchise: A fifth-grade class

Drew Grant Tuesday, Feb 22, 2011 5:35 PM UTC
Entertainment Satire, James Frey

“I am Number Four” — and I am awful

A tasty young couple and some sneering black-clad aliens can't rescue James Frey's "Twilight" rip-off

Andrew O'Hehir Thursday, Feb 17, 2011 2:01 AM UTC 22
Entertainment I Am Number Four, Twilight

The Holocaust memoir so heartwarming it had to be fake

Herman Rosenblat's concentration-camp romance duped Oprah, among many others. Why are we so eager to put a happy ending on a tragedy?

Lev Raphael Wednesday, Jan 7, 2009 11:25 AM UTC 98
Entertainment Oprah Winfrey, Memoirs

The dark legacy of Carlos Castaneda

The godfather of the New Age led a secretive group of devoted followers in the last decade of his life. His closest "witches" remain missing, and former insiders, offering new details, believe the women took their own lives.

Robert Marshall Thursday, Apr 12, 2007 11:40 AM UTC 154
Entertainment James Frey, Books

“The Hoax”

A great movie lurks within this tale of a 1971 literary hoax elaborate enough to put James Frey to shame.

Stephanie Zacharek Friday, Apr 6, 2007 11:55 AM UTC
Entertainment James Frey, Movies

Truthiness or consequences

"The Daily Show" compares news media fluffers to Oprah

H.h. Tuesday, Jan 31, 2006 2:08 PM UTC
Entertainment Oprah Winfrey, The Daily Show

Oprah’s revenge

The daytime queen didn't just expose the lies in James Frey's "memoir." She publicly shamed him -- and it was a little creepy.

Hillary Frey Friday, Jan 27, 2006 11:58 AM UTC 155
Entertainment Oprah Winfrey, James Frey, Books

Oprah freys James, Part 1

Oprah sticks it to James Frey.

Kl Thursday, Jan 26, 2006 9:29 PM UTC
Entertainment Oprah Winfrey, James Frey

What did Oprah know?

As more questions over James Frey's past surface, Broadsheet wonders what Oprah is thinking.

Hillary Frey Tuesday, Jan 24, 2006 6:42 PM UTC
Life Broadsheet, Oprah Winfrey

My friend Larry

Larry King softballs author James Frey.

Kl Thursday, Jan 12, 2006 2:30 PM UTC
Entertainment Larry King, James Frey

A million bogus fabrications

Will James Frey's fans forgive him for making up parts of his bestselling memoir?

Laura Miller Tuesday, Jan 10, 2006 12:03 PM UTC 107
Entertainment Drugs, Oprah Winfrey, Memoirs

What will Oprah do?

Broadsheet wants to know: since James Frey fabricated parts of his bestselling memoir, "A Million Little Pieces," what will his biggest fan do?

Hillary Frey Monday, Jan 9, 2006 8:01 PM UTC 13
Life Broadsheet, Oprah Winfrey

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