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:

Forbes considers how the burgeoning self-publishing industry will alter the role of literary agents [2].

“I hate Facebook. I hate Twitter. I spend a lot of time on both.” Author Sean Beaudoin discusses the vagaries of self-promotion [3]. (Salon)

Meanwhile, on her blog, novelist and editor Roxane Gay relates the significance of an online presence [4], and lists some examples of well-made author websites.

The New York Times reports how replacing Charles Darwin with Jane Austen on British currency has resulted in threats of rape and murder [5].

Following poet Kenneth Goldsmith’s appearance on the Colbert Report, and subsequent criticism by fellow poets, Robert Archambeau examines the state of conceptual writing [6]. (Poetry)

NPR remembers poet Robert Hayden [7]—born one hundred years ago this past Sunday.

Alexandra Socarides explores the origins of Langston Hughes’s famous poem [8], “The Negro Speaks of Rivers.” (Los Angeles Review of Books)

Jason Diamond lists ten must-reads for August [9], including Nelly Reifler’s Elect H. Mouse State Judge. (Flavorwire)