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...same. Viswanathan has recently apologized, and while the “apology” seems somewhat contrived, it is at the very least an apology. Apparently she is a huge fan of McCafferty’s works (big surprise), and she “may have internalized Ms. McCafferty’s words,” that is, of course, before she “externalized” them in her own novel. While it is uncertain what will happen from here to Viswanathan, I would like to argue for a little bit of mercy, particularly from the Administrative Board...
...they would. It’s a genuine, genuine mistake.” Random House, the publisher that has released the novels by Megan F. McCafferty from which Viswanathan allegedly lifted passages, has rebuffed the sophomore's apologies. “This extensive taking from Ms. McCafferty’s books is nothing less than an act of literary identity theft,” Steve Ross, the senior vice president and publisher of Crown Publishers and Three Rivers Press, two subsidiaries of Random House, said yesterday...
...explaining the similar passages between “Opal Mehta” and McCafferty’s books, Viswanathan said Monday that she “wasn’t aware of how much I may have internalized Ms. McCafferty’s words...
...This extensive taking from Ms. McCafferty’s books is nothing less than an act of literary identity theft,” Ross said yesterday. “Based on the scope and character of the similarities, it is inconceivable that this was a display of youthful innocence or an unconscious or unintentional...
...Many [passages] include identical phrasing, establish primary characters, and contain shared plot developments...It is understandably difficult for us to accept that Ms. Viswanathan’s plagiarism was ‘unintentional and unconscious,’ as she has claimed,” Pulcini wrote in an e-mail late last night...