[lit-ideas] NYT Caught in the Act
- From: Eric Yost <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 16:11:25 -0400
Andy: The Times prints out and out misinformation.
Eric: Most infamous of the NYT balderdash, lies, perversions,
misinformation, and whoppers is the identity of their lead book
reviewer, Michiko Kakutani. After years of Pinocchio-stretching
untruths, the perp has confessed.
I A M M I C H I K O K A K U T A N I
BY COLIN McENROE
- - - -
What started as a basically innocent college prank has gotten
seriously out of hand, and, at the urging of the small group of
people who know the truth, I have decided to come forward and
admit it.
I am Michiko Kakutani.
Many people will have a hard time accepting the idea that a
basically undistinguished middle-aged white man living in
Hartford, Connecticut, is actually the brilliant, acerbic,
reclusive, rarely photographed lynx-like New York Times book
critic and Pulitzer winner.
But I am.
The recent disclosure that Riley Weston changed her name and
adjusted her age from 32 to 19 in order to continue writing and
acting in network television persuaded me that America is ready
to hear my story.
Also, I'm tired of being the skunk at the American literary
garden party. Do you know what it took out of me to grab a whip
and a chair, to go into a steel cage and get this whole Toni
Morrison tiger under control?
It's not as if I've been able to call in to my regular job at the
insurance company and say, "Look, I've been up all night poking
holes in the windy, specious, New Age utopian blather of some
author you probably never heard of in my capacity as Michiko
Kakutani. I'm going to be in a little late."
The whole thing started at Yale in the winter of 1972 when my
roommates and I made up the name as an all-purpose coinage.
Rest of the article at:
http://www.mcsweeneys.net/1999/01/23michiko.html. Enjoy!
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