Stagg R. Leigh is a pseudonym created by Monk. He is the protagonist of the story My Pafology, which is a story within the story of Erasure. Stagg represents what publishers are seeking as far as their (and the public's) idea of who might best convey the "authentic" representation of what it is to grow up black in America. He is everything Monk is not, yet they are the same. Monk creates Stagg as he goes along in the story, each time breathing another felonious detail into his web of fictitious traits. Stagg is given credence as a writer because he has supposedly grown up in the hood and has been in prison. The publishing companies love him based only upon who he represents, without actually even knowing him. Screenwriters believe him to be
