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Sunday, January 3, 2010

james frey and jt leroy — frauds?




finally, some fun intrigue brewing in the oft-stale lit world. first, the smoking gun that claims a million little pieces author james frey fabricated many of the details in his megahit memoir. then, the new york times (reg req’d) that jt leroy is actually a woman named savannah knoop! wacky authors — what will they think of next?


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Posted by fauxbrizio on January 9, 2006

  • Cristy said,

    I’m so intrigued by that fake JT Leroy story. I think Gawker sums it up best: “And while pretending to have AIDS is, indeed, “morally reprehensible,” parlaying that disposition into a friendship with Courtney Love, as Leroy did, is beyond human tolerance or comprehension.”

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