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What Virginia Woolf’s “Dreadnought Hoax” Tells Us About Ourselves

What Virginia Woolf’s “Dreadnought Hoax” Tells Us About Ourselves

Danell Jones Grapples With a Beloved Author’s Casual Racism

By Danell Jones | January 25, 2024

The obviously fake Cormac McCarthy Twitter account has been verified, for some reason.

The obviously fake Cormac McCarthy Twitter account has been verified, for some reason.

By Jessie Gaynor | August 2, 2021

The Balloon-Hoax of Edgar Allan Poe and Early New York Grifters

The Balloon-Hoax of Edgar Allan Poe and Early New York Grifters

John Tresch on the Advent of Extreme Publicity

By John Tresch | June 16, 2021

The Misinformation Superhighway: A Roundtable on the Rise of the Great American Conspiracy

The Misinformation Superhighway: A Roundtable on the Rise of the Great American Conspiracy

Renata Salecl, Jonathan Berman, and Tea Krulos Talk Anti-Vaxxers, QAnon, Incels and More

By Literary Hub | October 28, 2020

Literary Hoax is the Most Underappreciated Genre

Literary Hoax is the Most Underappreciated Genre

From James Macpherson to Lee Israel to JT LeRoy, It's All Good

By J.W. McCormack | October 30, 2018

Getting Inside the Mind of a Plagiarist

Getting Inside the Mind of a Plagiarist

Kevin Young Goes Deep Into the World of American Hoaxes

By Kevin Young | September 5, 2018

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