Unfinished Truman Capote Manuscript Discovered, State of Affairs in Poetryland, and More

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:

Gillian Flynn, best-selling author of Gone Girl, has contracted to write two new books of fiction [2] for imprints of Random House, including a young-adult novel. (New York Times)

At Digital Book World, industry veteran Mike Shatzkin has two pieces of advice for publishers [3].

"In the end, I am happy to report that good sense prevailed and I abandoned the idea entirely. [4]" The Awl's Alex Balk discusses shelving his post-modern novel.

Quoting Dystel & Goderich literary agent Jim McCarthy, Techdirt looks at the evolving role an agent can play [5] in the changing publishing landscape.

Slumdog Millionaire screenwriter Simon Beaufoy has written a screen adaptation of Billy Lynn’s novel [6], Long Halftime Walk, which was nominated for a National Book Award. The project is currently in development. (Hollywood Reporter)

Vanity Fair discovered an unfinished Truman Capote manuscript [7] at the New York Public Library.

The latest edition of Other People with Brad Listi features author T. Coraghessan Boyle [8].

For Best American Poetry's blog, Jordan Davis, poetry editor of The Nation, surveys "the state of affairs in Poetryland [9]."

"In a piece of writing that had you intrigued from the very first clause [10], a second-person narrative you are reading right at this very moment is absolutely captivating you, sources reported." (Onion)