Performing Literature

One excuse Laura Albert, Geoffrey Knoop, Savannah Albert, JoAnna Albert and, by proxy, Carolyn F. Albert -- i.e. JT Leroy -- could come up with is that they've been working in the same medium as Maurizio Cattelan. As some might remember, for some time, Cattelan would refuse to appear in public, having a friend stand-in for him at news conferences and the like to be being "the face"/"the voice" of Maurizio Cattelan. (Sonja Wessel's question in this interview slightly touches on this aspect of his work.) Thus, Leroy and Co. could say they've perpetrated one of the most amazing performance art collectives of all time.

Now if we could only figure out an excuse for James Frey.