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:
GalleyCat explains why writers should make use of the hip-hop music wikipedia-like website Rap Genius [2].
"It’s late September and my husband and I are in North Brooklin, Maine, walking down a plain gravel path towards the cedar shake writing shed of someone who hasn’t invited us: Elwyn Brooks White…." Mira Ptacin visits author E. B. White [3]'s Maine hideaway. (Writers' Houses)
After a listing went viral on social media, Salon reports on the "worst job posting ever, [4]" which happens to be for an editorial intern position at Dalkey Archive Press.
Meanwhile, John O’Brien, the director of Dalkey Archive Press reponds [5]: "I certainly have been called an ‘asshole’ before, but not as many times within a 24-hour period." (Irish Times)
Poet CAConrad compiled his annual best of the small press list for 2012 [6]. (Harriet)
The New Yorker looks at the legacy of Neal Cassady [7]—Jack Kerouac’s muse, and basis for the character of Dean Moriarty in On the Road.
Octopus Books and Tin House Books [8] will collaborate on a new poetry series. (NewPages)
Huffington Post explains why bad reviews can be a good thing [9].