The Blind Side New York Press But Precious is all fabrication—the most outrageous literary hoax since JT Leroy, yet with more mileage since it's full of the grotesque black myths that ... |
![]() Los Angeles Times | Mary Karr: the buzz about “Lit: A Memoir” Christian Science Monitor Rebecca Steinitz in the Boston Globe: “In recent years, the narrative misdeeds of faux memoirists like James Frey and JT LeRoy have given the genre a ... After a scarred childhood, years of self-destruction before sobriety and the ... |
Ben Foster finally takes the lead Time Out New York His career has been eclectic, beginning in children's television (1996's Flash Forward) and going on to encompass productions both indie (2004's JT LeRoy ... |
![]() New York Magazine | What a Strange Trip It's Been New York Magazine Mad Men's third season began with flashbacks to Don's birth, bravely—or foolishly—showcasing the series' greatest flaw, that JT LeRoy–esque origin story. ... |
Film: Why Precious Should Be Taught Math Newsweek Popular tough-luck memoirs marketed as the works of naif savants JT Leroy, Margaret Jones, and Nasdijj have been debunked as the work of educated, ... |
Film Review: World's Greatest Dad Weekly Alibi Borrowing freely from assorted modern literary scandals—from JT LeRoy to James Frey—the script follows Lance as he achieves sudden (albeit reflected) fame ... |
Life in plastic Eye Weekly When Sky Gilbert was casting for his 2007 play Will the Real JT LeRoy Please Stand Up?, Arsenault decided to audition. She didn't get the part, ... |
![]() Financial Times | Telling Tales: A History of Literary Hoaxes Financial Times Other purveyors of the literary hoax include James Frey, whose graphic account of addiction and rehab even fooled Oprah Winfrey; JT Leroy, the teenage boy ... |
![]() Movie City News | The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 Movie City News Darren Curtis and Pat Kiley's story appears to have been inspired by JT LeRoy, the pseudonym of writer Laura Albert, who perpetrated a similar hoax on the ... |
Freshman spark SU to rout Danville News Cue newcomers JT Wilson and Daryl Augustus, who combined for 20 rebounds -- 13 on the defensive glass -- Friday to spark the Crusaders in an 84-48 win over ... |