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UK publisher withdraws ‘Imagine’ over Jonah Lehrer’s falsified quotes
Jonah Lehrer’s British publisher Canongate has withdrawn his book Imagine from sale, following the former New Yorker writer’s admission that he made up quotes from Bob Dylan for the bestselling title. Lehrer, a staff writer for the New Yorker, admitted at the start of this week that he had falsified quotes from the singer…
New Yorker writer Jonah Lehrer resigns over fabricating Bob Dylan quotes
Jonah Lehrer, a staff writer on the New Yorker magazine, has resigned after admitting that he fabricated Bob Dylan’s quotes in a book. He had previously dismissed claims about falsifying the quotes in his best-selling book, Imagine: how creativity works, but finally came clean yesterday. In a statement issued through…
Writer quits New Yorker over fabricated Bob Dylan quotes
NEW YORK — Jonah Lehrer, author of a best-selling book about the mind and creativity, resigned from The New Yorker magazine on Monday for being too creative with his non-fiction writing. In a statement that startled New York’s publishing industry, Lehrer confessed to fabricating quotes he attributed to legendary singer-songwriter…
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