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New York magazine’s October 2005 issue sent shockwaves through the literary world when it unmasked “it boy” wunder | dG1faHZTd2NFMzJWS2c

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00:00 JT LeRoy is a 21-year-old writer with two books of fiction based on his experiences

00:13 as the son of a truck stop prostitute.

00:15 Hi, I'm JT, Jeremiah Terminator LeRoy.

00:20 There's not a lot of discovery in publishing.

00:22 William Burroughs, Genet, Allen Ginsberg.

00:25 To hear a new voice was exciting.

00:29 He doesn't like to show his face to the press.

00:31 JT, I just thank you from the bottom of my heart.

00:36 Some people think that JT LeRoy might not really exist.

00:39 My name's Laura Albert and I am the writer JT LeRoy.

00:49 I felt like a misfit.

00:50 I didn't want to write as myself.

00:52 JT LeRoy was created from my dream.

00:56 Blonde-haired, blue-eyed boy turning trips, living on the street.

00:59 The books were taking off.

01:01 JT had to walk amongst us.

01:03 Savannah was over at my house and I said, "You look like JT LeRoy.

01:07 You wear the sunglasses, a blonde wig."

01:10 It was like Frankenstein let there be life.

01:13 JT LeRoy is a literary it boy.

01:17 His stories are so alive.

01:19 It was a revolving door of celebrities.

01:23 I see Bono giving JT industry advice.

01:28 Suddenly JT is the go-to person for the fashion world.

01:34 I show just enough to make them interested.

01:39 The media was tugging pretty hard at the curtain.

01:42 It turns out he may not be a he and may not even exist.

01:46 People are calling me.

01:47 I don't know if this thing is bad or not.

01:49 What the heck is going on?

01:50 Hey, I really need to talk to you.

01:51 I didn't know how to shut it down.

01:53 There's like a helicopter or something.

01:56 You feel like good sellers.

01:59 It feels like the whole world is watching.

02:02 We're not filming now, right?

02:03 Suddenly I got a call.

02:05 This is Warren C. Johns from the New York Times.

02:07 He says, "I'm going to get you."

02:08 He knows everything.

02:10 There is a huge tornado that's about to hit.

02:13 All the headlines are saying the biggest literary hoax

02:21 of our time.

02:22 It is not a hoax.

02:26 [Music]

02:28 [MUSIC]

Author: The JT LeRoy Story | movie | 2016 | Official Trailer

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