Archive for April, 2006

Incredible hypocrisy at the Harvard Crimson

So the Harvard Crimson broke the big news that sophomore Kaavya Viswanathan (unintentionally?) plagiarized work by Megan McCafferty. It’s true that this is commercial publishing and a half-million dollar advance was involved. But why did the Harvard Crimson kill a story implicating *star* poet/professors, Jorie Graham and Peter Sacks in a fraudulent contest […]

Stepping Aside or Down

Perhaps you’ve heard the rumors. It’s true: I’m retiring from Foetry.com! The great news is that there’s a new team in place to take over the duties. And we all expect big, exciting changes. Matt Koeske will be chief administrator, and there are many others that I expect will take on […]