42: Author: The JT LeRoy Story

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🗓️ 8 May 2018

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

In 2000, the novel “Sarah” was published. It was written by a homeless teenaged hustler named JT LeRoy. Nobody had ever met him—his only correspondence with press and publishers was over the phone or fax machine—and still he became the literary sensation of the time. He was dubbed a ‘wunderkind,’ an ‘it boy’ and ‘the literary voice of his generation.’ He became a best-selling author and sold the film rights to his books. The only thing was, he didn’t actually exist. On January 9, 2006 The New York Times sent shockwaves through the literary world when it unmasked JT LeRoy, whose tough prose about a sordid childhood had captivated icons and luminaries internationally. It turned out that he was the creative expression of 40-year-old San Francisco former phone-sex operator turned housewife, Laura Albert. Author: The JT LeRoy Story takes us down the infinitely fascinating rabbit hole of how Laura Albert--like a Cyrano de Bergerac on steroids--breathed not only words, but life, into her avatar for a decade. Albert's epic and entertaining account plunges us into a glittery world of rock shows, fashion events, and the Cannes red carpet where LeRoy becomes a mysterious sensation.

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1:03.0	stuff is getting so crazy. I think that I have never laughed so hard as I did during
1:09.4	serial episode three. What do you ask if I was trying to kill you?
1:12.0	Someone asked in the true crime discussion, Facebook group, how I keep a straight face while
1:20.4	you're laughing. I'm not. I mean, sometimes you could hear me trying to stifle laughter
1:26.0	in the series. In the episode three, you can hear me break a little, but it's hard.
1:31.0	The thing about that you do that's so funny is when I start to laugh really hard, you just
1:35.5	double down on the joke. I just keep going. How many times did you make up an email address
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