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:

Poet Jack Gilbert has passed away at age eighty-seven. The Los Angeles Times touches on Gilbert's singular life and career [2].

In memory of Jack Gilbert, Tin House posted Gilbert's poem "Tear it Down [3]" yesterday on its Tumblr.

"Amazon wriggles out of paying corporation tax in the UK and other European countries by channeling its European business through a Luxembourg-based parent company. [4]" Melville House looks at the recent scrutiny politicians in the United Kingdom have focused on Amazon.

"I keep copies of the novel in a knapsack under the waiter’s station just for moments like these." Balls author Julian Tepper recounts giving a copy of his first novel to one his regular restaurant customers—novelist Philip Roth [5]. (Paris Review Daily)

Brain Pickings offers a few food recipes from famous authors, including Allen Ginsberg's borsch [6], and John Keats's porridge.

If you haven't seen the new James Bond film, Skyfall, it features a few lines from Tennyson’s "Ulysses." [7] (Harriet)

In New York City, a massive Moby-Dick marathon-style reading [8]begins in two days.