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:

In the wake of the DOJ’s e-book lawsuit, Publishers Weekly reports twenty-three million consumers are eligible for refunds [2].

The New Yorker looks at the life and work of Choire Sicha [3], author of Very Recent History, and founder of the Awl.

In Hollywood news, Lionsgate purchased film rights to Kate Atkinson’s most recent novel [4] Life After Life. (Bookseller)

Meanwhile, a trailer has been released for C.O.G. [5], which is adapted from a David Sedaris story. (Hollywood Reporter)

And Slate’s David Haglund examines [6] what the new Netflix series Orange is the New Black gets right about Robert Frost’s famed poem “The Road Not Taken [7].”

Open Culture gathered writing advice from Richard Ford, Jonathan Franzen, and Anne Enright. [8]

The Guardian ponders whether the world’s authors should take a year off [9].

Speaking of taking time off, David L. Ulin wants James Franco to stop [10].

Poet Wayne Koestenbaum recently spoke to WNYC’s Soundcheck [11] about his new book My 1980s and Other Essays.