Literacies in the 21st century are saturated with rich cross-text pollination. When does such intertextuality verge into plagiarism? The question arose again recently with the release of a novel in Germany in which the author unapologetically acknowledges incorporating text from another novel. Defending her practice as mixing, the author argues this is the shape of new literacies. NCTE blogger Traci Gardner shares the story and her view here.
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