Page Six has a scoop:
"When Daniel Radosh needed to find a publisher for Rapture Ready! � about the pop culture of the religious right � it probably didn't hurt that Frank McCourt, author of mega-selling "Angela's Ashes," had taught him English during his 30 years in New York's public schools."
When calling this item to my attention, Chris Tennant politely noted that he'd had no idea I'd spent 30 years in school and asked if it was special ed.