Re: Birth of a no va--not?

[AAllan at AOL.COM]

In a message dated 1/19/06 4:08:37 PM, bgzimmer at BABEL.LING.UPENN.EDU writes:


> As you all are learnedly debating whether the paragraph below is true, I
> hope you will notice that it is an attributed quotation from columnist Clarence
> Page, and not from yours truly. - Allan
>

> > > In a message dated 1/18/06 8:32:18 PM, AAllan at AOL.COM writes:
> > >
> > > > New revelations about James Frey's partly made-up best-selling memoir
> about
> > > > his addiction to alcohol and crack and arrests make "truthiness" sound
> > > > timely and downright prophetic. Frey admitted last week that he
> embellished
> > > > some details of his life in "A Million Little Pieces," such as serving
> time in
> > > > prison.
>

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