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 York Times reports that Amazon is cutting back discounts [2].

Meanwhile, in the wake of Amazon’s news, Melville House writes, “Monopoly achieved. [3]”

In the age of social media, Fast Company details how to master self-promotion [4].

A new study indicates that daily reading and writing will slow the ravages of dementia [5]. (Smithsonian)

Open Culture features a cranky letter from the legendary Mark Twain [6].

Nic Brown takes his young daughter to visit Rowan Oak, novelist William Faulkner’s historic home [7] in Oxford, Mississippi. The literary landmark is maintained by the University of Mississippi. (Garden & Gun)

Film critic Peter Rainer examines the conspicuous absence of screen adaptations of the work of Saul Bellow [8]. (Los Angeles Review of Books)

In other Hollywood news, screenwriter Charlie Kaufman may adapt Kurt Vonnegut [9]’s bestselling novel Slaughterhouse-Five for director Guillermo del Toro. (Flavorwire)

A mural of the poet Federico García Lorca has appeared in Brooklyn [10]. (New York Times)