This morning, LitHub published an essay titled “I Plagiarized Parts of My Debut Novel. Here’s Why.” The first-person account was from fiction writer Jumi Bello and detailed how her debut release, The Leaving , which was scheduled to come out July 12, was canceled by its publisher Riverhead, after they learned that sections had been plagiarized.
According to Publisher’s Lunch, which reported on the cancellation in February, the book about “a young Black woman dealing with an unexpected pregnancy” had appeared on “multiple anticipated lists.” In her essay, Bello claimed she came clean about lifting lines from other writers, losing the book deal in the process.
Bello’s essay explored the origins of plagiarism, and her specific experience with it, which she tied indirectly to a history of mental illness.
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By mid-morning Monday, however, the article had been removed. It now loads to an error page.
It turns out the essay lifted items from a couple other pieces.
One published at a site called Plagiarism Today: “The World’s First ‘Plagiarism’ Case.”
In short, Bello, an author who admitted to plagiarizing in her now-cancelled debut novel, wrote an article about the experience and, in that article, included poor paraphrasing without attribution of an article that I wrote over a decade ago.
It’s a moment that even 16 years of work in this field did not prepare me for. To be honest, even as I write this, I am still confused trying to figure out how to approach this both intellectually and emotionally.
Oh, and it turns out the Turnitin post is written by the same person as the PlagiarismToday 2011 piece, so that’s why both posts get hits.
this isn’t news – it’s from 10 years ago. And it’s mainly the headline, and I’m mainly shaking my head.
I mean, come on. Why would anybody think living in a Capuchin monastery be easier than being in prison?
I assume the guy thought “cappuccino” and that it would work out, but no. If you’re in a monastery, they’re going to make you go to Mass and pray a lot, and they’re going to put you to work.
This should be in the “Fry Em”. What makes me laugh is this guy/kid is somewhat a firefighter and should REALLY know better.
Dog wash or car wash? Employees save pooch in pick-up from going through Lynchburg car wash
BEDFORD, Va. – With a pooch in their pick-up, did a truck driver and passenger want a car wash or a dog wash? 10 News obtained surveillance video you’ll have to see to believe.
The video shows a truck entering the Lightning McClean Carwash on Old Forest Road in Lynchburg on Saturday.
Employees at the car wash realized a dog was in the truck bed and alerted the driver. You then see a passenger get out and remove the animal, which was tethered to the vehicle with what appears to be a leash.
On Monday, a carwash manager declined 10 News’ request for an interview but claimed the passenger seemed “agitated” and allegedly told employees he “wanted to get his dog washed, too.”
The passenger was wearing a Bedford Fire Department t-shirt.
Bedford Chief Todd Stone told 10 News the man was a “junior member” of the volunteer department.
Stone declined to be interviewed but said the department conducted “an extensive investigation for more than eight hours.”
Something (an extension cord or something similar) in the back of a pickup truck was picked up by the spinning brushes of the car wash and thrashed that vehicle and a couple behind it before they managed to stop the machinery. The car wash attendants are supposed to make sure there is nothing loose that can be dangerous.
If the car wash had those types of brushes I would expect it could be very dangerous to the dog. And if it were the brushless type the pressure of the water would probably also be dangerous.
Could have easily been posted in the News that make me say WTF thread.
So, the situation itself is not particularly funny, nor is the lawsuit. It sounds kind of just the usual thing in terms of the unlawful-dismissal lawsuit.
The thing that got me laughing was the caption on the stock photo:
The man worked for Paris-based consultancy Cubik Partners (not pictured). Britt Erlanson/Getty Images
At a certain point, people have got to recognize stock photos. If you don’t recognize them, especially when you’ve had to flip through them looking for one that matches the piece you’re trying to put together, well I can’t help you.
The next thing is people recognizing AI-produced art.
I enjoy following this account. I thought it was probably a bot using AI to find the images. That was incorrect, as it’s a guy with a lot of art knowledge. An interview: