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The story of how Savannah Knoop led the bizarre double life of cult author JT LeRoy for six years. Tradinga precarious life as a college drop-out for a life in which she was embraced by celebrities and artists, it is no wonder she kept it up so long. As Savannah and Laura Albert, Knoop's sister-in-law who authored the JT LeRoy books, struggled over control of the character, Savannah realised the game, and her deception, was over. Telling her side of the saga for the very first time, Girl Boy Girl finally sheds light on one of contemporary literature's strangest episodes.
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Savannah Knoop is a New York-based artist who creates and employs strategies of permission through writing, performance, and object-making. In 2001, she founded the clothing line Tinc, which ran until 2009, with creative partner Parachati Pattajotti. In 2007, she published the memoir titled Girl Boy Girl: How I Became JT LeRoy (Seven Stories Press) cataloguing her experiences of playing her sister in law's writing persona and avatar JT Leroy. It was made into the major motion picture Jeremiah Terminator Leroy co-written by she and director Justin Kelly, starring Kristen Stewart and Laura Dern. She received her BA at at CunyBa under the mentorship of Vito Acconci, and her MFA at Virginia Common Wealth University in Sculpture+ Extended Media.
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- PublisherSEVEN STORIES PRESS
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 1583228519
- ISBN 13 9781583228517
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages220
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Book Description Softcover. Condition: new. A Seven Stories Pres. Soon to be a major motion picture starring Kristen Stewart as JT and Laura DernThe JT LeRoy scandal is a story of our times In January 2006 the New York Times unmasked Savannah Knoop as the face of the mysterious author JT LeRoy A media frenzy ensued as JTs fans mentors and readers came to terms with the fact that the gaymaleextruckstopprostituteturned literarywunderkind was really a girl from San Francisco whose sisterinlaw wrote the booksGirl Boy Girl is the story of how Savannah Knoop led this bizarre double life for six years trading a precarious existence as a college dropout for a life in which she was embraced by celebrities and artistsCarrie Fisher Courtney Love Mary Ellen Mark Winona Ryder Asia Argento Sharon Olds Gus Van Sant Mike Pitt Calvin Klein and Shirley Manson to name a fewand traveled the world Telling her side of the story for the first time Savannah reveals how being perceived as a boy gave her a sense of confidence and entitlement she never had before Her love affair with Asia Argento is particularly wrenching as they embark on an intimate relationship that causes more alienation than closenessAs Savannah and Laura struggle over control of the JT character Savannah realizes the limits of the game and inadvertently finds herself through the adventure of being someone else. Seller Inventory # DADAX1583228519
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