This week, Yi-Fen Chou, author of a poem entitled “The Bees, the Flowers, Jesus, Ancient Tigers, Poseidon, Adam and Eve,” which appeared in Best American Poetry 2015, was revealed to be a nom de plume -- for Michael Derrick Hudson. The shocking nom de plume reveal has a long, storied position in the annals of literary gossip. Think Richard Galbraith’s unmasking as J.K. Rowling -- in turn a pen name for Joanne Rowling (the “K” is a phantom; she has no middle name). Surprise, a mild fl...
When A Pseudonym Is Not Just A Pseudonym: The Case Of Yi-Fen Chou
The Huffington Post - 10 Sep 2015 22:37
This week, Yi-Fen Chou, author of a poem entitled “The Bees, the Flowers, Jesus, Ancient Tigers, Poseidon, Adam and Eve,” which appeared in Best American Poetry 2015, was revealed to be a nom de plume -- for Michael Derrick Hudson. The shocking nom de plume reveal has a long, storied position in the annals of literary gossip. Think Richard Galbraith’s unmasking as J.K. Rowling -- in turn a pen name for Joanne Rowling (the “K” is a phantom; she has no middle name). Surprise, a mild fl...
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