Neal Bowers, a poet and professor at Iowa State University, wrote a true account of his experience with a plagiarist. The plagiarist stole two of Bowers’ poems (and one of five other poets, at least) and published the two poems in over twenty regional poetry journals.
Read the depressing story of how academics reacted to the plagiarism, how the plagiarist got away with it, and how scary a time it was.
Words for the Taking: The Hunt for a Plagiarist