As pointed out to us by an anonymous tipster, JT LeRoy's PEN membership was renewed sometime between September 2004 and September 2005. Random amusing question: Did "LeRoy" ever go to any PEN meetings/readings, and if so, just who was there?

And while we're on the subject: Whoever JT is, I still want to thank him/her for introducing me to Charles D'Ambrosio's short stories. I'm so looking forward to his latest collection, The Dead Fish Museum, which Knopf is publishing later this spring...and I wouldn't be a bit surprised if it turns up on next year's Story Prize shortlist, based on the things I've already read in magazines.

Oh, and JT him/herself sent us this via email this morning, proving s/he has a sense of humor: proof that JT is really Carol Channing.