Exhibit: Literal Hoaxes

This exhibit brings together literary hoaxes and self-referential works that sit uneasily between invention and authenticity, where the idea of a “book” becomes less stable than it first appears. Drawing on examples of metafiction, fabricated texts, and uncertain authorship, it traces the grey area between what can be accepted as real and what only performs that role convincingly. Curated by Abigail Traska and Stephen Singer.