J.T. LeRoy: The Last Literary Rockstar
Missing Pages: An Investigative Podcast on the Book Publishing Industry
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The J of J.T. LaRoy
There's a journal that I found in Laura's archive that had a B when she was maybe 12, 13 years old. It appears Laura invented the J.T. persona early on as a coping mechanism to help process a harrowing childhood. Lucas: "It also felt like this form of self therapy that she was committing herself to where she was able to speak about her own pain"
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