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"Many, many years ago one of my English TA officemates noticed that a student wrote 'writhing' instead of 'writing.' We spent the rest of the afternoon inserting 'writhing' into textbook titles ('Writhing with a Purpose') and other phrases like 'technical writhing.' My favorite: 'writhing across the curriculum.'” --peg
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April 28, 2006
Novel That Got Plagiarized and Got Published Has Now Got Pulled
The publisher of a Harvard University sophomore’s debut novel that was first hailed for its quality and then condemned for its plagiarism announced late Thursday that it was withdrawing the book from the market. According to an article in today’s Washington Post, the publisher took the unusual step to deal with an avalanche of bad publicity over Kaavya Viswanathan’s How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life, and the student agreed to the decision. The novelist whose work was lifted said she considered the matter closed.
The student initially said she had unintentionally copied passages from the earlier work but later apologized (The Chronicle, April 24 and April 25).
Posted on Friday April 28, 2006 | Permalink |
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