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	Podcast:		Book Fight
	Episode:		Ep 198: Fall of Frauds, Carmen Machado ("Help Me Follow My Sister into the Land of the Dead")
	Category:		Arts
	Duration:		01:04:35
	Publish Date:		2017-10-09 05:00:00
	Description:		This week we continue our Fall of Fraud theme by examining a story that is, like the Michael Martone story we discussed a couple weeks ago, something of a "fraudulent artifact." In "Help Me Follow My Sister into the Land of the Dead," Carmen Machado tells a fictional story in the form of a Kickstarter campaign, even adding stretch goals and updates and user comments. As we talk about on the episode, the resulting story is much more than just a gimmicky experiment in form; Machado actually uses the form to tell a compelling story. Also this week, we continue our exploration of literary frauds with the story of Albania's second-most popular author, who turned out not to be Albanian at all. Plus: people who fake illnesses online, and the people who have made it their mission to out them.
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