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Five Writers Who (Almost) Got Away With Lying
Laura Albert's creation of JT LeRoy wasn't the only identity-switcheroo pulled by a writer.
Channeling JT LeRoy | City of the Seekers
Laura Albert needed to write as JT LeRoy, but to many, Albert is the most fascinating character of all.
Noisey Beats 1: JT Leroy, Tish Hyman, Danny Wolf, and More
This week we sit down Laura Albert and Jeff Feuerzeig, the subject and director of the upcoming VICE film 'AUTHOR: The JT Leroy Movie' to talk making the movie and play some tunes from their careers.
Jeff Feuerzeig's New Documentary Unravels One of Literature's Biggest Scandals
In this episode of 'VICE Talks Film,' we sat down with the filmmaker to discuss his new documentary, 'Author: The JT LeRoy Story,' and the woman behind the scandal that shook the literary world.
The Origins of an Impostor: JT LeRoy's First Story
Read the first story written by the pseudonymous author who scandalized the literary establishment.
'I Wanted to Be That Boy': The Long Con of JT LeRoy
The writer Laura Albert faded from the public eye after she was outed as the woman behind JT LeRoy, an imaginary gay prostitute from West Virginia who dazzled the literary world with his allegedly autobiographical fiction. Now, she's trying to stage a...
The Bizarre Story of JT Leroy, the World Famous Author Who Didn't Exist
We spoke to Jeff Feuerzeig, director of a new documentary about literature's greatest hoax.
'Author: The JT Leroy Story' Goes Inside One of the Greatest Scandals in Modern Literature
Director Jeff Feurzeig's film tells us the story of Laura Albert, the woman who fooled the nation with her fictional alter-ego.
I Was a Teenage Lot Lizard
Sarah, is a vivid account of the time Leroy spent blowing truckers and wearing pink miniskirts while hustling and hitchhiking through West Virginia.