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How Poets Navigate Plagiarism, Consent, and Authorship

As part of our Poetry Craft series, Sarah Hesketh discusses how poets navigate plagiarism, consent, and authorship. When using real speech in poetry, how do you maintain authenticity without simply reproducing raw material?  I suppose I’d immediately like to take issue with that word ‘authenticity’. Poetry that incorporates text that comes from a speech act…

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