Kaavya Viswanathan

Matterhorn Fan · 04-27-2006, 12:21 PM

I'm suprised this isn't on the LoT yet. (If it is, I didn't see the thread--I haven't been here for a few days and there's a lot of new stuff.)

Basically, this 19-year old Harvard student and author of some chick-lit book that I never intend to read is accused of plagiarising 40+ passages from 2 other books. She claims that this is a genuine mistake, and that she must have "internalized" those books more than she knew.

I think she's a liar.

Here's a link to the story in the NYTimes from a couple days ago: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/25/bo...=1&oref=slogin

04-27-2006, 12:21 PM	#1
Matterhorn Fan Double Agent Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Back East Posts: 2,071	Kaavya Viswanathan I'm suprised this isn't on the LoT yet. (If it is, I didn't see the thread--I haven't been here for a few days and there's a lot of new stuff.) Basically, this 19-year old Harvard student and author of some chick-lit book that I never intend to read is accused of plagiarising 40+ passages from 2 other books. She claims that this is a genuine mistake, and that she must have "internalized" those books more than she knew. I think she's a liar. Here's a link to the story in the NYTimes from a couple days ago: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/25/bo...=1&oref=slogin
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