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 Memorial Day, GalleyCat delivers five ways of sharing books and e-books [2] with our men and women in the armed services.

The Los Angeles Times reports that brick-and-mortar bookstores saw a dramatic increase in foot traffic [3] in the first quarter of 2013, including Barnes & Noble.

The board of directors of News Corp. approved the division of the media giant. The split will occur June 28, making 21st Century Fox and News Corp separate [4] publicly traded companies.

The Guardian has more on the staff exodus at Granta [5].

Brain Pickings showcases the favorite books [5] of one hundred and twenty-five writers. (Spoiler: Faulkner beats Hemingway.)

For the beginning of summer, Flavorwire offers twenty smart books for the beach [6].

Boing Boing features literary critic Edmund Wilson's form rejection letter [7].

Meanwhile, in an essay concerning posthumous publishing against an author's wishes [8], Roxana Robinson asks, “Should we be deprived of Edmund Wilson’s private diaries simply because they reveal his shoe fetishism?” (New Yorker)