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<description>(Christ, how many books posts can we have in one morning?) Another misery-memoir about a horrible childhood—this one by Ishmael Beah, about child soldiering in Sierra Leone, the one endorsed by Starbucks—was maybe kinda made up in some parts. The Australian claimed the bust months ago, but the publicity is snowballing, with articles in Slate, the Village Voice, MediaBistro, etc. Sounds like Beah embellished his actually sad story to get out of Sierra Leone and into the U.S. (who wouldn&apos;t?), then stuck with it (ditto), then got a book deal. ... Wilson, the Australian reporter, believes that Beah &quot;beefed up&quot;...</description>
<copyright>Copyright 2008</copyright>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:57:30 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by tsm</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>I can't believe the man behind <i>Glengarry Glen Ross</i> could go so wrong. But I shouldn't be surprised. He is a baby boomer, after all.</p>]]></description>
<author>tsm</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/all_writing_is_fiction#c974940</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:14:28 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by flamingbanjo</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Highly-respected smarty-pants white guy becomes famous, makes money, gets old,  becomes conservative.  Film at eleven.</p>

<p>The man is thinking with his tax bracket.  It's a common issue among people who were once, decades ago, considered interesting.</p>]]></description>
<author>flamingbanjo</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/all_writing_is_fiction#c974953</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:20:06 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by michael strangeways</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>the answer to the question posed: </p>

<p>way too many.</p>]]></description>
<author>michael strangeways</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/all_writing_is_fiction#c974997</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:59:27 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by adrian!</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>life is fiction. writing is art. </p>]]></description>
<author>adrian!</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/all_writing_is_fiction#c975014</link>
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<category>Books</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:13:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by adrian!</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>and by "art" i mean "therapy." </p>]]></description>
<author>adrian!</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/all_writing_is_fiction#c975017</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:14:20 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by SeMe</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>I KNEW IT. And I told my friend that the Sierra Leone memoir was a lie!  </p>]]></description>
<author>SeMe</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/all_writing_is_fiction#c975391</link>
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<category>Books</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:26:54 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Comment by kt</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>a lot of book posts is better than a lot of posts with youtube videos in them.</p>]]></description>
<author>kt</author>
<link>http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/all_writing_is_fiction#c975740</link>
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