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Jan 04, 2006 10:44

Source:http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/generalfiction/story/0,6000,1677659,00.html
Who's that boy/girl?JT LeRoy used to be a child prostitute. Now he is one of America's coolest young writers, the author of several rapturously ( Read more... )

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_cherryvanilla_ January 4 2006, 19:12:04 UTC

Wow. That's a bit of a headfuck. I'm grateful that the author wrote the article in a way that gets across the head-muddling complexity of the 'JT identity' without getting all righteous and "hurt" by it, though. I think that article gives the clearest indication of who JT Leroy really is/are so far. Still not sure how I feel about it.

Thanks for posting.

inanis_sum January 5 2006, 23:47:00 UTC

Yes, it seems less biased than most of the pieces that try to examine his idendity. Although I do admit pieces only focused on his idendity seem to get rather tiring after a while.

Curious. dew_dropped January 8 2006, 04:40:53 UTC

You wouldn't care if he didn't exist?

Re: Curious. _cherryvanilla_ January 8 2006, 21:24:19 UTC

Is that to me or Inanis_sum, or both?

If I'd known before I'd read the books that 'JT Leroy' didn't exist I wouldn't have cared. I appreciate the books as works of literature - ultimately that is all I need from them. At the moment though my overiding feeling concerning the confusion over JT's identity is one of irritation. I would appreciate a straight answer (though I by no means feel I'm automatically entitled to one). JT is welcome to play around with his/her/their identity, but the smoke and mirrors is getting rather tiresome.

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inanis_sum January 5 2006, 23:47:26 UTC

Your Welcome. Thanks for taking the time to read.

__ponyboy January 5 2006, 03:34:40 UTC

Thank you for posting this.

inanis_sum January 6 2006, 07:10:28 UTC

Welcome :)