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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.
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...
'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.