tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34770350.post8430574886505482620..comments2024-03-27T19:55:45.373-04:00Comments on Nat Turner's Revenge: Another Frankenstein's Monster dies on the ice floes. Now may we PLEASE kill Dr. Frankenstein?!Christopher Chambershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16981041389119024155noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34770350.post-63494114170686488122008-03-11T12:46:00.000-04:002008-03-11T12:46:00.000-04:00The question is, all of the money she would have m...The question is, all of the money she would have made stealing the stories of these "children from the hood", would she have kept it or donated it to these people whose "lives she wanted the public to know about and understand". Also are we so brain dead from hours of reality television that this sort of ghetto lifestyle fascinates us? I can just imagine how the suits at the publishinghouse were salivating when her story came across their desks, fact check please, all they saw were dollar signs.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11687267624663965982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34770350.post-22308751331592170992008-03-07T09:17:00.000-05:002008-03-07T09:17:00.000-05:00The older sister probably viewed the image of her ...The older sister probably viewed the image of her younger sibling after reading the article, and knew immediately she had to interrupt this deception in order that neither she nor her concrete suburban family have their image tarnish or affliated with gang or black culture.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34770350.post-82596104037058784872008-03-06T22:34:00.000-05:002008-03-06T22:34:00.000-05:00I've had comments from white folks on my princeton...I've had comments from white folks on my princeton writers liserv astonishingly admitting the same: a black female wouldn't have even gotten an agent--unless it had some cartoonish sex and violence and hip hop and a church/Tyler Perry/grandmama cursin' and praisin' Jesus. Then we'd see an Essence Bestseller...Christopher Chambershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16981041389119024155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34770350.post-9319569625778355852008-03-06T18:50:00.000-05:002008-03-06T18:50:00.000-05:00i read about this woman. there is honestly no way ...i read about this woman. there is honestly no way that this story would have gone through to publication without basic fact checking. the interviews she gave are all over the web, and are utter bullshit. this is obviously something that was planned from the very beginning. the publishing house her and her agent had to all have been in on it. frey continued to sell astronomically even after the oprah snagged his sack on her couch. the know the sheeple out there will still buy this crap. like everyone else here, my bet is that a black person would NEVER have made it thisclose to publishing that tripe.baatin.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12464993102755765129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34770350.post-29542446465890889592008-03-05T17:17:00.000-05:002008-03-05T17:17:00.000-05:00I also seen this first on Undercover Black Mans b...I also seen this first on Undercover Black Mans blog, and I must say, it gives me hopes about writing my biography on me fighting in the Civil War, to protect white Christian males right to slavery. ( I'm Black)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34770350.post-3783380992525028332008-03-05T13:29:00.000-05:002008-03-05T13:29:00.000-05:00I first found out about this on the Undercover Bla...I first found out about this on the Undercover Black Mans blog. Crazy! But, unfortunately, I think that people are right: Would this woman have recieved an agent (or gotten this book published) if she werent white?<BR/><BR/>Oh and Chris, I have a follow-up question per your question...you can see it back on my blog.<BR/><BR/>LLola Getshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07058543308191117858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34770350.post-75124723315890507702008-03-05T12:40:00.000-05:002008-03-05T12:40:00.000-05:00...don't get me started....don't get me started.michael a. gonzaleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09639621894455376324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34770350.post-7943879098786640352008-03-05T12:23:00.000-05:002008-03-05T12:23:00.000-05:00To Mike G: "...even The Source?" Mike you are a tr...To Mike G: "...even The Source?" Mike you are a traitor to your people when you even play off the stereotype that such an august magazine, the Vanity Fair, The Nation, the New Yorker of thug worship might be slack when it comes to fact checking. hahahahaha<BR/><BR/>I couldn't resist, sorry bruh.Christopher Chambershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16981041389119024155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34770350.post-73977081578869159572008-03-05T11:07:00.000-05:002008-03-05T11:07:00.000-05:00I'm going to write a book about my life....being r...<I>I'm going to write a book about my life....being raised in rural Alabama by a KKK family that fostered me. See if I can con anyone into buying that.</I><BR/><BR/>At this rate, I'm sure Random House would buy it. They don't know the different between an autobiography and an automobile. <BR/><BR/>Can't these people come up with something that wasn't stolen from Dangerous Minds?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34770350.post-31625520135110885582008-03-05T00:51:00.000-05:002008-03-05T00:51:00.000-05:00Guess Sarah McGrath and Faye Bender don't know any...Guess Sarah McGrath and Faye Bender don't know anyone they could call to ask about the Bloods? <BR/><BR/>Or maybe even bothered to read another book about the Bloods and the Crips to cross reference the tales Ms. Seltzer told?<BR/><BR/>Is it truly that easy to game these publishing people? Because if it is maybe I should start working on my memoir <BR/>My Real Name is Hillary Hussein Clinton?<BR/><BR/>I want to buy the sister a drink. Snitching is not a crime!MartiniCocoahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12509335664000215080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34770350.post-37948528967281707992008-03-04T23:10:00.000-05:002008-03-04T23:10:00.000-05:00I was talking to a film executive today at a produ...I was talking to a film executive today at a production company who was trying to find out about the rights (before the truth came out). She went off saying if a black person wrote this book would they even get an agent? I agree with you that everyone was probably thinking "oh this is so edgy!!).<BR/><BR/>After the Frey debacle why wouldn't you fact check? Why didn't Seltzer write this as fiction? I too wonder about the sister who called the publisher. Something is going on there. Her sister is much older, are they half sisters? What is that family dynamic about?nyc/caribbean ragazzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09370358466131415888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34770350.post-53103558288454585392008-03-04T22:21:00.000-05:002008-03-04T22:21:00.000-05:00http://www.beatrice.com/interviews/straight/http://www.beatrice.com/interviews/straight/michael a. gonzaleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09639621894455376324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34770350.post-89975327696511236392008-03-04T22:03:00.000-05:002008-03-04T22:03:00.000-05:00most magazines i've wriiten for, even the source, ...most magazines i've wriiten for, even the source, had some kind of fact checking department--so why can't major publishing houses do the same thing.<BR/><BR/>one other thang--if the book had been sold as a novel, would the nyt called her "the new susan straight." just wonderingmichael a. gonzaleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09639621894455376324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34770350.post-28341055203521390442008-03-04T20:31:00.000-05:002008-03-04T20:31:00.000-05:00So the editor McGrath feels "betrayed?" These peop...So the editor McGrath feels "betrayed?" These people at these publishing betray and lie all the time, and sacrifice real work from real people every day. I have no sympathy for her. I hope they fire her, but that would mean they should all fire themselves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34770350.post-65490876365734270182008-03-04T20:09:00.000-05:002008-03-04T20:09:00.000-05:00bananas.bananas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34770350.post-9977173915392793682008-03-04T17:28:00.000-05:002008-03-04T17:28:00.000-05:00typo: wouldn't call to rat her out.typo: wouldn't call to rat her out.LeLe Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01616478746233968692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34770350.post-74718166827142118022008-03-04T17:20:00.000-05:002008-03-04T17:20:00.000-05:00Yes, this story is appalling. I've always said tha...Yes, this story is appalling. I've always said that other cultures are fascinated by us. Now this woman is lying to be among us, sympathized among us. Stupid! Except, she'll get the sympathy that we never get.Allison Mirandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17058178511898387086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34770350.post-44974487121682380462008-03-04T17:19:00.000-05:002008-03-04T17:19:00.000-05:00I'm going to write a book about my life....being r...I'm going to write a book about my life....being raised in rural Alabama by a KKK family that fostered me. See if I can con anyone into buying that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34770350.post-28380900873665358762008-03-04T17:15:00.000-05:002008-03-04T17:15:00.000-05:00I was about to say the same thing. The older siste...I was about to say the same thing. The older sister must have a chip on her shoulder or knows chica is crazy. Then again, she might be the only normal person in Sherman Oaks.<BR/><BR/>This is appalling.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08134554508117555404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34770350.post-9836673799212740382008-03-04T17:11:00.000-05:002008-03-04T17:11:00.000-05:00First of all, what kind of relationship does she h...First of all, what kind of relationship does she have with her sister? I'm not close to my sister but I would call a publisher to "rat her out."<BR/><BR/>Second, I'm amazed by the public's (or is it editors?) fascination with memoirs by people under the age of 50.LeLe Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01616478746233968692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34770350.post-90042258289405116692008-03-04T16:58:00.000-05:002008-03-04T16:58:00.000-05:00Yeah--but notice how they bury it as soon as it ha...Yeah--but notice how they bury it as soon as it happens. "Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain." That one line from Oz is "allegory" for so much going on in politics, culture, the media these days!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com