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:

For the first time in a decade, Time magazine will feature a living American novelist—Jonathan Franzen—on its cover. (New York Times [2])

This year's Miami Book Fair International will launch on November 14 for a week of events featuring authors such as Jennifer Egan, Jonathan Franzen, Jimmy Santiago Baca, and Sebastian Junger. (Miami Herald [3])

On August 14, a hotel in Sri Lanka will unveil a statue of Anton Chekhov to commemorate a visit by the Russian author in 1890. The unveiling coincides with global celebrations of the one-hundred-fiftieth anniversary of Chekhov's birth. (Hindustan Times [4])

After laying off one hundred workers in Tennessee last week, Borders has confirmed an unspecified number of additional layoffs at the company headquarters. (Publishers Weekly [5])

A new collection of Marilyn Monroe's private writings set to be published this fall reveal "her passion for literary giants including James Joyce, Walt Whitman, and Samuel Beckett." (Independent [6])

Random House, Kobo, and Fairmont Hotels are teaming up to make Kobo eReaders and discounted Random House e-books available to guests at ten Fairmont hotels in the U.S. and Canada. (Publishers Weekly [7])

In examining the public role of the private writer in today's literary world, the Guardian [8] asks: "Do readers expect their writers to be performers too?" 

Today's new genre (also an old genre): recession lit. (Sydney Morning Herald [9])