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Can Laura Albert Be Forgiven?
Mark Elliott Stein is the editor and founder of Literary Kicks, which has been running continuously since 1994. He believes Laura Albert was railroaded by the press when she created J.T. Leroy in 2008. But he also says there's a rich literary tradition for fiction writers to use pseudonyms. In full disclosure, we did speak to the lead attorney on Laura Albert's appeal,. The lawyer took on the case pro bono because he believed a great wrong had been done.
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