Every Day Is Fake Writer Day: JT Leroy Revealed to Also Be David Kamp
At Half King last night, luminaries of the magazine world came together for a reading of selections from The Best American Magazine Writing 2005. Vanity Fair's David Kamp was there to read "American Communion," his piece for VF on the relationship between Def Jam's Rick Rubin and the late Johnny Cash. After he was introduced, he walked up to the podium and said, "Hi, everyone, I'm JT Leroy."
Kamp's introduction came on the heels of Samantha Power's reading of "Dying in Darfur," which ended with a 5-year-old being tossed into a fire in front of his mother's eyes. It was a tough act to follow, but JT Leroy jokes are good for nothing if not lighthearted closure.
