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I was conned by JT Leroy
I talked to him on the phone for hours. I even listened to his therapy sessions on tape. And after one particularly weird conversation about his upcoming sex-change operation, I decided he was a fake. So why did I still get sucked in?
By Ayelet Waldman [2006-01-11]

  • difference between fact and fiction

    >>Had "JT" pushed this as a piece of fiction, the publisher would have had nothing to do with it. I'm not justifying the author's tactics, I'm just saying that the publishing industry will rarely take you seriously, regardless of how well your work is written, if you don't fit into one of their "flavor of the month" categories. The current flavor of the month seems to be "reality" writing.Bah humbug.-- gar >>

    JT's book WERE published as fiction.

    Frey's book was published as nonfiction.

    Big difference.

    -- cosmicmojo
    Thursday, January 12, 2006 09:27 AM
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