Every day Poets & Writers Magazine scans the headlines—from publishing reports to academic announcements to literary dispatches—for all the news that creative writers need to know. Here are today's stories:
Occupy Wall Street today filed a federal lawsuit against New York City over the November 15th raid that cleared the encampment at Zuccoti Park, allegedly destroying the Occupy Wall Street Library [2] in the process.
Amazon is taking steps to ban spam [3] and non-exclusive content from its Kindle Store. (paidContent)
This evening, the New Yorker's fiction department (@NYerFiction) will publish a new story by Jennifer Egan via Twitter [4].
Electric Literature has launched a new free weekly magazine [5], Recommended Reading, available though ePub, Kindle, email, and Tumblr. (GalleyCat)
The Awl examines how Joan Didion became Joan Didion [6].
The Guardian considers modernist poet T. S. Eliot's influence on contemporary songwriters [7], such as Arcade Fire, P. J. Harvey, and Radiohead. (Guardian)
Flavorpill shows off its bookshelf, sharing staff reading picks for May [8].
The New Republic looks at the life and work of the late United States Poet Laureate Joseph Brodsky, who famously was tried and convicted in Soviet Russia [9] for writing poetry—for being a "parasite."