Harvard Student Accused of Plagiarizing Novel

from National Public Radio

Kaavya Viswanathan, a novelist who is a Harvard sophomore, is accused of plagiarizing from young-adult fiction in her recent novel How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild and Got a Life. Melissa Block talks with David Mehegan of The Boston Globe. The charges first surfaced in the Harvard Crimson student newspaper.

Broadcast Dates

• All Things Considered, April 25, 2006