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Referencing Viswanathan??s novel in one of the 618 numbered vignettes that constitutes “Reality Hunger,” Shields reveals his disappointment at the media’s smear-campaign against the young author, then a Harvard sophomore: “Excuse me, but isn’t the entire publishing industry built on telling the exact same stories over and over again?” he asks. “I don’t feel any of the guilt normally attached to ‘plagiarism,’ which seems...
Vivek Viswanathan ’09, who had Zakarin as his freshman academic adviser, wrote in an e-mail from England that Zakarin’s advice about his varied experiences at Harvard made Viswanathan??s own first year at the College much more manageable...
...last Harvard student to publish a book while a fulltime undergraduate was Kaavya Viswanathan ’08. Viswanathan??s book, “How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life,” was pulled from shelves by the publisher after plagiarism concerns were raised—initially reported by The Crimson...
...similarities between Ilyinsky’s article and the Slate piece was quickly picked up by Harvard-watching bloggers, who immediately recalled Kaavya Viswanathan ’08. The author’s debut novel was pulled from bookshelves last year after The Crimson found similarities between Viswanathan??s novel and several other books...
Chick-lit has gotten a bum rap in the past few years, and Viswanathan??s actions did little to improve the genre’s reputation. But McCafferty, as the Village Voice pointed out in May, should not suffer for Viswanathan??s sins; it may be easy to deride the author who inspired the bulk of Viswanathan??s plagiarism, but it’s not fair to do so without reading her work...