CAROLYN CASSADY and ALVARO MUTIS both Die at 90—More PLAGIARISM SCANDALS

By MICHELLE HOGMIRE | 9/24/13

9/23/13

“Carolyn Cassady, Beat Generation Writer, Dies at 90,” by the N.Y. Times’ John Leland: “Carolyn Cassady, a writer who entered the American consciousness in 1957 as a character in Jack Kerouac’s novel On the Road, and decades later chronicled her life as a member of the Beat Generation, died on Friday near her home in Bracknell, England. She was 90.

Her death was confirmed by her daughter Cathy Sylvia, who said Ms. Cassady lapsed into a coma after an emergency appendectomy.” http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/24/books/carolyn-cassady-beat-generation-writer-dies-at-90.html

“Colombian poet and writer Alvaro Mutis dies aged 90,” by BBC News: “Colombian writer and poet Alvaro Mutis has died at the age of 90. Mutis, who won the most prestigious awards for Spanish language writing, died in Mexico after a long illness. Among his best known works was The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll, a collection of seven novellas about an adventurous sailor.” http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-24207428

NEW PLAGIARISM ACCUSATIONS—Three more plagiarism scandals break around the world: “Plagiarism scandal exposes toxic undercurrents in poetry scene,” by The Australian’s Stephen Romei: Newcastle poet Andrew Slattery confesses to plagiarizing lines from other poems, including the work of Plath, Bukowski and Heaney. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/review/plagiarism-scandal-exposes-toxic-undercurrents-in-poetry-scene/story-fn9n8gph-1226722988684

“Shey Stahl plagiarism scandal,” by Jane of Dear Author: Goodreads reviewers find similarities between Shey Stahl’s For the Summer and a famous Twilight fan fiction. http://dearauthor.com/news/monday-news-shey-stahl-plagiarism-scandal-goodreads-deletes-reviews-without-notice-amazon-shares-at-an-all-time-high-cosplay-copyright-and-paid-for-reviews/

“Plagiarizing poet withdraws from contest. Wait, poets plagiarize?” by the L. A. Times’ Emily Keeler: Poet C.J. Allen removes his work from Britain’s Forward Poetry prize after another poet reveals that Allen plagiarized past poems. http://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-plagiarist-poet-forward-poetry-prize

9/20/13

“The Backlash to the American Invasion of the Booker Prize,” by the N.Y. Times’ Steven Erlanger:  “The Americans are coming, and the British literary world is not happy.

The Man Booker Prize, which had been open to English-language novels from Britain and the Commonwealth, has just gone global, producing anxiety about damage to cultural diversity and fears that the American cultural hyperpower that dominates movies and television will crush the small literary novel.” http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/21/books/the-backlash-to-the-american-invasion-of-the-booker-prize.html?pagewanted=all