Dennis Cooper
2021Author: The JT LeRoy Story
Jeff Feuerzeig
Laura Albert, Bruce Benderson
New York magazine’s October 2005 issue sent shockwaves through the literary world when it unmasked “it boy” wunderkind JT LeRoy, whose tough prose about his sordid childhood had captivated icons and luminaries internationally. It turned out LeRoy didn’t actually exist. He was dreamed up by 40-year-old San Francisco punk rocker and phone sex operator, Laura Albert.
Author: The JT LeRoy Story
Permanent Green Light
Zac Farley, Dennis Cooper
Benjamin Sulpice, Théo Cholbi
A teenager is fixated on blowing himself up - not for the purpose of suicide or terrorism, but for the sensation and spectacle. His obsession provokes various reactions from his tight-knit group of friends.
Permanent Green Light
Fear of Poetry
Gail Kaszynski
Dennis Cooper, Bob Flanagan
An improvisatory 40-minute foray into a fervent, formative period in the lives of poets such as Dennis Cooper, Benjamin Weissman, Amy Gerstler, and Bob Flanagan, who took part in Cooper’s famed Wednesday Night Poetry readings. Drawing on archival footage from those gatherings, including interviews and readings, Fear of Poetry presents a snapshot of Venice in the 1980s: a chorus of punks, poets, artists, and performers co-existing in a place where, according to Flanagan, “love is still possible.”
Fear of Poetry
