Joe Gould's Secret
Joe Gould, an eccentric figure in the literary scene, claimed to be documenting an exhaustive oral history of Greenwich Village, yet struggled with hypergraphia and writer's block. His friend profiled him, uncovering the truth behind Gould's obsessive writing habits. After Gould's death, his friend finally revealed the secret, marking the end of a significant chapter in literary history.In this clip
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