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May 02, 2006
Plagiarism Scandal Rocks Stutts! The Most Prestigious University On Earth!
Mike Gerber explains:
...in March the Stutts Daily Spectacle reported that a Stutts student, Malati Sulabha '08, had plagiarized large chunks of her first novel, "Girl with Perfect SATs Goes Nuts, Drinks Cosmos, and Hooks Up," from another "chick-lit" offering, "The Rodeo Drive Club's Blow Job Queens of MySpace." Ms. Sulabha had received $500,000 in a two-book deal, an astonishing advance for an unpublished writer, even one attending Stutts, the world's finest university.Ms. Sulabha (or as she was known on campus, "the fucking bitch who got all that money to write a book I totally could if I wanted to--did I tell you I won like, five literary prizes in high school?--it's just that I spent the entire summer doing Outward Bound with like, poor kids") initially characterized the disputed passages as "unintentional." This defense became problematic when evidence surfaced showing that whole chapters had been simply photocopied...
So far, her sorrow, while great, has not taken any financial form. In fact the whole brouhaha has done wonders for her book sales.
As a result, publishers have begun to scour Great Littleton for other writers who are willing to shamelessly plagiarize novels. "We're looking for that 'Stutts touch,'" one publisher said anonymously. "Somebody who doesn't have anything to say besides, 'I am smart and hard-working and will TOTALLY WHORE MYSELF OUT FOR SUCCESS.'" The publisher paused. "Make sure you put that in all-caps," she said.
The rest of the shocking story is here.
Posted at May 2, 2006 09:30 AM | TrackBackAiee, there is no escape and no respite.
Posted by: Saheli at May 2, 2006 02:15 PMYes, Saheli, that's true, there is no escape. What's worse, Stutts knows what you are thinking. And that somebody else thought that thought before you did.
Posted by: Aaron Datesman at May 2, 2006 02:44 PMAs a literary agent, I've made a wonderful discovery -- a stutts undergrad who has a manuscript -- jeez, a wonderful manuscript -- in his desk drawer. It is called Peace and War. It is set in Russia. There's some really nice writing in it. It's too big, so I've encouraged him to cut out the maunderings of one of his character named Prince Andy and throw in a coke fueled orgy set in 1980 in L.A. with two characters named Clay and Blair, and that like totally makes it sooo pomo. I'm hoping to make a sale with Random House. Trouble is, they are queasy about the "fiction" thing, so we are going to call it a memoir. I think it is going to rock!
Posted by: roger at May 2, 2006 03:29 PMFair harvard had bedded slutsy stutts.
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