Lie & More Lies

Gloria Frym reads "Lie" and "More Lies," two short stories that dissect artifice and the practice of lying. (Running Time: 14:17)

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For me, stories are lies in the service of the truth. I tend to begin writing from an observation, an idea or an episode and it picks up embellishments as it rolls along the page. Digression is the staff of life. Except for verifiable fact, there's no need to get the actual accurate because language automatically trumps memory. I live in the world, then the "line" takes over. These stories didn't happen, except on the page, but they might have. -Gloria Frym

About the Author:

Gloria Frym: Gloria Frym is the author of two short story collections -- Distance No Object (City Lights Books) and How I Learned (Coffee House Press). She is Associate Professor in the MFA and BA Writing and Literature programs at California College of the Arts in the Bay Area.