TO NAME THE BIGGER LIE: A Memoir in Two Stories, by Sarah VirenIt’s an experience I’m betting most of us have had over the last decade: the creeping feeling that a common truth no longer exists.
The writer Sarah Viren became renowned as the victim of a false narrative when, in 2020, she published an article in The New York Times Magazine titled “The Accusations Were Lies.
Now Viren has written the strange and wonderful “To Name the Bigger Lie,” a memoir that includes this awful tale.
Dr. Whiles (a pseudonym) became more and more unhinged during Viren’s years studying with him — or did he?
Perhaps his escalating eccentricity was all in aid of discomfiting his students and forcing them to think more independently, more critically.
Persons:
Sarah Viren It’s, Sarah Viren, Marta, Viren, “, Donald Trump, Whiles, —
Organizations:
New York Times Magazine, Arizona State University
Locations:
America, Florida