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Laura Albert Bemused As JT LeRoy Hits Prime Time - mediabistro.com

Laura Albert Bemused As JT LeRoy Hits Prime Time
mediabistro.com, NY - Dec 12, 2008
When we watched the tail end of last week's episode of Law & Order and learned that this week's episode was not based on the story of Laura Albert and JT ...
Laura Albert resurfaces, talks on phone, and infuses fiction Los Angeles Times
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Bending Gender Bending - Campus Progress

Bending Gender Bending
Campus Progress, DC - Dec 18, 2008
By Miriam Pérez Savannah Knoop’s “tell all” about her JT Leroy impersonation. The title of Savannah Knoop’s recently released memoir Girl Boy Girl: Becoming ...

A Brief History of Modern Lying Authors - Jossip

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A Brief History of Modern Lying Authors
Jossip, NY - Dec 29, 2008
Fabrications: JT LeRoy, the young boy who acted as the Bonnie to his teenage mother's Clyde, raced around the country eating pills, sleeping with his ...

It Takes Three to Be Really Fake - TIME

TIME

It Takes Three to Be Really Fake
TIME - Dec 29, 2008
... but also enlisted a friend to do in-person interviews as JT LeRoy, the former prostitute, crossdressing, HIV-positive teenage boy who used his "life" as ...

Literary hoax turned into comic gold - Vancouver Courier

Literary hoax turned into comic gold
Vancouver Courier,  Canada - Dec 12, 2008
The JT LeRoy scandal was, as literary hoaxes go, fairly mild stuff. There was no outing on The Oprah Winfrey Show, for instance, and it didn't make much of ...

Savannah Knoop: Trannie to the stars - Metro

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Savannah Knoop: Trannie to the stars
Metro, UK - Dec 15, 2008
Two years ago, they discovered their Andy Warholesque-trannie du jour, JT LeRoy, was a girl acting as a boy being a girl. Confused? Many were. ...

Holocaust Memorist Admits to Being a Phony - Jossip

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Holocaust Memorist Admits to Being a Phony
Jossip, NY - Dec 29, 2008
... Oprah is fuming away somewhere, and Rosenblat is now lumped in with all those other fake memoir writers like James Frey and JT Leroy. ...

JT’s Lisi wins Pavilion title - Wellsville Daily Reporter

JT’s Lisi wins Pavilion title
Wellsville Daily Reporter, NY - Dec 14, 2008
Lisi went 5-0 on the day, defeating LeRoy’s Tyler Fenstermaker in the final. The 285-pound Barnum came in second, winning all four of his matches via pin, ...

Cheeta goes bananas in Hollywood - Times Online

Cheeta goes bananas in Hollywood
Times Online, UK - Dec 23, 2008
... upper primates in recent years, with supposed memoirs by James Frey and Margaret Seltzer, and false-fictions by JT LeRoy, among the more infamous cases. ...

John Tyler Boys, Girls Team in Action Tonight - Tyler Morning Telegraph

John Tyler Boys, Girls Team in Action Tonight
Tyler Morning Telegraph, TX - Dec 16, 2008
JT surpassed last season's win-total last week, going 2-1 and finishing fifth at the Leroy Romines Hoopfest in Longview. The Lions continue to play tough ...

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