In 1971, young-adult classic “Go Ask Alice” shocked readers with its frank depiction of an American girl’s descent into rampant drug addiction. Billed as the “real diary” of an anonymous, white ...
In 1971, the YA book Go Ask Alice hit shelves and almost immediately set off a firestorm. Purportedly the real-life diary of a straitlaced teen girl who lost her life to drugs, it was an instant hit, ...
Houston Public Media: In ‘Unmask Alice’, the truth behind an anonymous drug-fueled diary is a trip
In ‘Unmask Alice’, the truth behind an anonymous drug-fueled diary is a trip
Rick Emerson was 14 when he happened upon a copy of Go Ask Alice on the return shelf of his Kennewick, Wash., school library. Such an encounter was common in 1987—the book had sold 3 million copies ...
New York Post: 1971 druggie diary ‘Go Ask Alice’ was made up by a suburban housewife
1971 druggie diary ‘Go Ask Alice’ was made up by a suburban housewife
Rolling Stone: How a Fake Anonymous Diary Helped Launch the 1980s Satanic Panic
KUOW: The complicated story behind the 'Anonymous' author of a young adult classic
For a lot of us, there's a book from our childhood or adolescence that just sticks in our memory. There's something about the characters or the story that we can't seem to forget. For Rick Emerson, ...
The complicated story behind the 'Anonymous' author of a young adult classic