Jonah Lehrer’s British publisher Canongate has withdrawn his book Imagine from sale, following the former New Yorker writer’s admission that he made up quotes from Bob Dylan for the bestselling title.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…
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…