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:

Amazon has launched a Kindle feature that makes it possible to loan a friend an e-book. (Unthinkable [2])

With reading habits changing in the age of paperless publication, critics may need to reexamine the way they talk about literature. (New York Times [3])

A Boston prison library serves as an incubator for inmates, including a few burgeoning librarians. (Boston Globe [4])

Three recently rediscovered stories by Zora Neale Hurston reveal the author's relationship with urban life. (Chronicle of Higher Education [5])

The Guardian [6]'s 2010 books quiz tests readers' literary chops.

Minnesota's New York Mills Regional Cultural Center is holding its national Think-Off essay contest—the topic: Does poetry matter? (WKBT [7])

Beat-generation poet Janine Pommy Vega has died at age sixty-eight. (New York Times [8])