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“Fair Use” vs. Plagiarism. Rule 1: Are You Creating Something New or Just Copying? Rule 2: Are Your Competing With the Source You're Copying From? Rule 3: Giving the Author Credit Doesn't Let You Off the Hook Rule 4: The More You Take, the Less Fair Your Use Is Likely to Be
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“Fair Use” vs. Plagiarism • Rule 1: Are You Creating Something New or Just Copying? • Rule 2: Are Your Competing With the Source You're Copying From? • Rule 3: Giving the Author Credit Doesn't Let You Off the Hook • Rule 4: The More You Take, the Less Fair Your Use Is Likely to Be • Rule 5: The Quality of the Material Used Is as Important as the Quantity
Found Poetry • takes existing texts and refashions them, reorders them, and presents them as poems. The literary equivalent of a collage, found poetry is often made from newspaper articles, street signs, graffiti, speeches, letters, or even other poems.
Patricia Smith vs. Ray McDaniel Patricia Smith Ray McDaniel Born in Florida Lived in New Orleans while in elementary school, then again while in his 20s Saltwater Empire, though widely praised by poets and critics, was pilloried as an example of appropriation • Mother from Alabama; father from Pine Bluff, Arkansas • Grew up in Chicago and lived much of her life there • Blood Dazzler nominated for a National Book Award
Homework • Read David Grann, The Lost City of Z (through p. 79) • If interested, there is an interview with Grann under the “Reading-Related Resources” link on the coursesite • Comment on Blog • Keep working on essay! • Peer draft due next weekend (cue ominous music. . .)
