My post the other day that mentioned JT LeRoy has been popular, so I’m posting something juicier for the all the LeRoy fans in the house.
It’s an article I wrote for a Sydney, Australia paper on my interactions with LeRoy. Here it is, enjoy: Knowing JT LeRoy.
For the others who have been reading this blog, it’s a memoir in action. And if anyone wants to find out about republishing the article, my email is wryterman@gmail.com.
[...] Zen and the art of trust A writer makes some kind of promise to each reader at the start of a book. Trust abused is the fastest way for a writer to find obscurity (or notoriety – think James Frey, Helen Demidenko, JT LeRoy, Stephen Glass). Trust lost is almost impossible for a writer to restore. (UPDATE 30 May 2008: People seemed interested in LeRoy, so I’ve written more about him here. [...]
[...] http://creatingmyopus.wordpress.com/2008/05/30/jt-leroys-legacy/My post the other day that mentioned JT LeRoy has been popular, so I’m posting something juicier for the all the LeRoy fans in the house. It’s an article I wrote for a Sydney, Australia paper on my interactions with LeRoy. … [...]