Which side tells the truth? Which side lies?
Who was telling the truth all along: the Underground Literary Alliance or McSweeney’s?
The Believer Books reprinted the Tom Bissell essay about the ULA was an affirmation of their support of the original story. They in effect said, “This is the truth.”
I have the obligation to challenge that affirmation, and I have challenged it, pointing out in numerous blog posts the essay’s deceit and fundamental dishonesty. Will the Believer people now defend the essay? Anybody? Hello?
They published the essay. I didn’t. It’s incumbent upon the McSweeney’s Gang to show their belief in intellectual debate. To prove they’re not simply a pose; a pseudo-intellectual facade, stage scenery with nothing behind it.
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