Re "Why pay millions for 'A Million's' lies?" Opinion, Sept. 10
David L. Ulin's evident disregard for nonfiction comes through in his defense of what he terms "creative nonfiction." If readers were moved by the fantasies presented as fact in James Frey's memoir, "A Million Little Pieces," does that make the "emotional response" invalid, he asks. Well, yes, because readers were falsely led to believe they were responding to an honest depiction of real events.
