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Art+Books - The Lies and Follies of Laura Albert, a.k.a. JT LeRoy - Nancy Rommelmann - The Essential Online Resource for Los Angeles

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You're on the brink of adolescence, chubby, frizzy-haired, self-conscious to the point of social paralysis. What if you could be someone else? Maybe the cute blonde in your class, the one who, when you stare at her across the room, seems effortlessly adorable? What if, through cunning, you could convince people you were her and receive all the attention? If it worked, would you do it again?  ...