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:

Salon delves into online retail giant Amazon's financial grants to small presses [2] and literary organizations. “The grants are a blatant attempt to buy goodwill from an industry that they’ve ravaged," said a grant recipient who asked not to be identified.

The Israeli government declared German poet Gunter Grass "unwelcome in Israel [3]" after a German paper published a new poem by Grass which accuses Israel of planning a preemptive strike against Iran. (CNN)

Poet D.A. Powell reports an Occupy Wall Street Anthology will soon be published [4]. (Harriet)

The Paris Review honored New York Review of Books editor Robert Silvers at its recent Spring Revel [5]. (Velvet Roper)

Pinterest is now America's third largest social network, and GalleyCat uncovered ten literary boards to explore [6].

A recent article in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology claims creativity and malleable ethics are interwoven [7]. (Fast Company)

Meanwhile, author Maura Kelly examines "why storytellers lie [8]." (Atlantic)

The Boston Globe lists over ten ways local bookstores are better than Amazon [9].

Flavorwire features the wildest book designs of all time [10], including books that can be eaten, planted, or glow in the dark.