I added this in the sidebar pages, but I want to be sure that it’s seen. A link will also go at the top of each new post, just for my own comfort.
I hate to have to do this. Really, I do. However:
Recently, I have noticed that I am receiving searches based on some of the titles I have reflected on. One in particular caught my attention:
is represented by the nostalgia with which she writes about the various food obsessions she had as a child. as many american writers, nguyen writes about her obsession and her family, creating a space in the literary tradition for her multivalent
This quote comes from the reflection on Bich Minh Nguyen’s Stealing Buddha’s Dinner. What this shows me is that there is someone out there (probably for a class of some sort) who copied a significant portion of the text of that reflection (and, in fact, the thesis of that reflection), and his or her professor is checking up on the work turned in.
Some things to keep in mind:
- The work on Poetic Idealism is original and mine.
- Many of these have been turned in as assignments for various graduate English courses.
- The entries are not necessarily of the standard to be used as sources for academic papers (though I’m honored if you think so).
- If you take a chunk of text and do not cite it, that is plagiarism.
- YOU WILL GET CAUGHT. It’s a simple Google search, don’t be dumb.
Just keep these in mind if you are looking for sources for some high school or college paper.