Moby Lives‘ latest column features an interview with Paul Maliszewski. Maliszewski reveals that he didn’t talk to NYT reporter Alex Mindlin because “something wasn’t right” and clarifies his motivations behind the Bookforum article, pointing out that his interest was more in exposing the exploitation of Chabon’s fabricated tale.

N+1 also weighs in, taking an in-depth look at the effect of Chabon’s lecture.