Articles for tag: A Million Little Pieces, James Frey

Karla News

South Park Attacks Oprah

Let me preface this by saying that I am a huge South Park fan. I find their humor socially funny most of the time, and, at the very least (if they miss their mark) I can laugh at the poop and fart jokes. Recently, however, they have come under more fire than ever with the ...

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Top 10 Books to Read from Oprah’s Book Club

Oprah Winfrey is a household name in America. When Oprah began to promote book selections as part of the Oprah Book Club, sales skyrocketed for books with Oprah’s seal of approval on them. Oprah’s influence in what people read cannot be underestimated. There are some benefits for choosing a book from Oprah’s Book Club list. ...

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James Frey’s Latest Memoir My Friend Leonard

James Frey, author of A Million Little Pieces, has become a topic of controversy over the past year. According to many who knew Frey, reported that his memior was actually more of a fiction novel than an account of his troubled past. While I stay neutral to these accusations, I had looked forward to the ...

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Book Review: Tweaked A Crystal Meth Memoir

James Frey caused a national sensation when it was discovered that his memoir of addiction, A Million Little Pieces, did not contain unadulterated truth. The fracas raised a strange debate over how pure we want our drug literature to be. Patrick Moore slyly preempts the discussion of integrity in his own addiction memoir titled Tweaked ...

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Three Top Scandals of 2006: Frey, Foley and Gibson

The year’s not over and we very well may have a media blitz about some more dirty dealings and scandalous behavior, but what do you think will be the three top scandals you will most remember from this year? Here are the ones that I can think of so far: Remember the James Frey scandal ...