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:

The New Yorker unravels the history of the early stories of Mary McCarthy [2], including “The Weeds,” which cast a spotlight on her troubled marriage to critic Edmund Wilson.

Yesterday, Microsoft announced its eventual entry into the tablet market with new devices called Surface [3]. (Los Angeles Times)

On a visit to New York City's Brooklyn Museum's Sackler Center for Feminist Art exhibit on Nightwood author Djuna Barnes [4], NPR looks at the life and times of this provocative Jazz Age writer.

Considering the fiction of Ingeborg Bachmann, Miranda July, and others, Sonya Chung examines loneliness [5] at the intersection of art and life. (Millions)

Meanwhile, in Berlin, there exists a twenty-four hour stage adaptation of David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest [6]. (Slate)

Alexander Nazaryan shares his thoughts [7] on the would-be writer who recently confessed to shooting himself [8], perhaps to draw attention to his book. (New York Daily News)

The Boston Review has launched a Kickstarter campaign [9] with the goal of dramatically improving its website.

Flavorwire rounded up twelve dreamy desks [10].