Glad you found it interesting, Tim. I wasn’t aware of the controversy until recently.
On 7 Sep 2016, at 17:20, Tim Allen wrote:
> Thanks for putting these out Jeffrey - interesting. I must say that Andy Croft really seems to have dug a hole for himself in this debate with Lightman - what Croft says is completely disingenuous, which is a great shame - I used to respect him a lot and he is one of the few genuine UK socialist poets, but with this issue he really seems to have become a bit of a defensive crank. I don't get it. Most of the poetry he's defending is pretty rubbish anyway.
Tim A.
On 7 Sep 2016, at 16:48, Jeffrey Side wrote:
> "Plagiarism in Poetry" - a new Argotist feature:
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> http://www.argotistonline.co.uk/Plagiarism%20in%20Poetry.htm
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> 'In recent years in UK poetry publishing circles, certain poets have reproduced within their poems verbatim extracts from other poets’ poetry without permission and without acknowledgment. In response to this, poet and performer Ira Lightman has felt a need to expose and challenge such practices, and has had some success doing so. Because of this, he has become known in certain UK poetry circles as “the poetry sleuth”, and has featured in at least one UK mainstream TV news report concerning his activities in this area.
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> The feature presented here, comprises of three interviews with Lightman conducted by Amy Mackelden, Katy Jones (a pseudonym) and Rory Waterman. The interviews cover a range of issues surrounding the controversy.
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> The feature also has an interview with poet and publisher Andy Croft, who has a more sympathetic view regarding the concept of “plagiarism” in poetry, and sees no strong arguments against it. He is interviewed by Robert Farrell.'
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> Other Argotist features can be found here:
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> http://www.argotistonline.co.uk/Features%20index.htm
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