Tears and sorrow fill the offices of mainstream publisher Riverhead books as another memoir delivered from the school of hard knocks turns out to be a complete fabrication. Love and Consequences, a memoir released last week by Margaret Seltzer (published under the silly pseudonym Margaret B Jones), which chronicles the author's difficult life story of foster families, drug running, and all around thuggin' on the mean streets of L.A., turns out to be a complete......

While the real baseball season hasn’t even started yet, all Sox fans have been eyeing new Yankee Johnny Damon ever since that first press conference with his long locks chopped off for Steinbrenner’s organization. There hasn’t been much to comment on since Damon just recently returned to the lineup after sitting out since March 10th with a shoulder injury. (Not that it wasn’t a bit fun to see the replay of him missing that first......

After all the attention over James Frey’s “memoir” scandal last week, Bostonist was ready to throw in the towel and just concentrate on reality television. But then we started reading about some upcoming author events and remembered that we do in fact, like to read. So, in honor of finding the joy of reading again, we’ve decided to help you all get back on the book wagon again with a Bostonist contest. Author Siri Hustvedt......