So, the JT LeRoy literary romance is unravelling, with the latest dish being that a SF local played the author in his public appearances. Susie Bright and Violet Blue have great posts about being duped–and outraged–by this mummery–
Bright writes:”…if you?re an author, an editor, a publisher? or worse, a friend? to someone who bullshit you up one side and down the other, it?s not cute. It?s not irrelevant. It?s a cruel con, straight up, and the whole writers? community suffered for it.
Welcome to the first meeting of JT Anonymous. I published JT. I defended him in public, performed for him, responded to every editorial and hook-me-up request. I took Twilight Zone phone calls and tendered his frightening tantrums. ”
Violet Blue says: “It’s weird, and it really pisses me off. Not as a writer. *As a survivor.* I lived the very real horrors of my childhood to get where I am now — alive, articulate. I didn’t fuck anyone over to get my book deals, and I certainly didn’t exploit very real experiences (like of myself and my friends) to get my books published. I certainly never had the elite privilege of celebrity benefactors. I had a mother who was a drug addict, a compulsive liar, who gave and received regular beatings. She was raped in a room next to me when I was ten; I saw her have a knife held to her throat, I saw her get beaten by boyfriends I had to call “daddy” more times than I can count. She beat me with a belt; she inhaled cocaine like a vaccum and dealt it like a pro; she dumped me off every chance she got with strangers for weekends and sometimes weeks at a time…”
Both have longer entries worth a read. Oh, and JT- I think alotta folks have an idea what you might do with one of those raccoon penis bones you sell..
So, the JT LeRoy literary romance is unravelling, with the latest dish being that a SF local played the author in his public appearances. Susie Bright and Violet Blue have great posts about being duped–and outraged–by this mummery–
Bright writes:”…if you?re an author, an editor, a publisher? or worse, a friend? to someone who bullshit you up one side and down the other, it?s not cute. It?s not irrelevant. It?s a cruel con, straight up, and the whole writers? community suffered for it.
Welcome to the first meeting of JT Anonymous. I published JT. I defended him in public, performed for him, responded to every editorial and hook-me-up request. I took Twilight Zone phone calls and tendered his frightening tantrums. ”
Violet Blue says: “It’s weird, and it really pisses me off. Not as a writer. *As a survivor.* I lived the very real horrors of my childhood to get where I am now — alive, articulate. I didn’t fuck anyone over to get my book deals, and I certainly didn’t exploit very real experiences (like of myself and my friends) to get my books published. I certainly never had the elite privilege of celebrity benefactors. I had a mother who was a drug addict, a compulsive liar, who gave and received regular beatings. She was raped in a room next to me when I was ten; I saw her have a knife held to her throat, I saw her get beaten by boyfriends I had to call “daddy” more times than I can count. She beat me with a belt; she inhaled cocaine like a vaccum and dealt it like a pro; she dumped me off every chance she got with strangers for weekends and sometimes weeks at a time…”
Both have longer entries worth a read. Oh, and JT- I think alotta folks have an idea what you might do with one of those raccoon penis bones you sell..