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:

New Emily Dickinson online archive fuels [2] heated arguments over the rights to her manuscripts and legacy. (Guardian)

Ian Crouch discusses the art of coining new words and the ubiquitous proliferation of neologisms [3]. (New Yorker)

The Tucson Unified School District in Arizona [4]lifts ban [4] on seven Mexican-American studies books. (Arizona Daily Star)

The Huffington Post prepares for Halloween by offering a profile of ten very scary novels [5].

In the Millions, author Eryn Loeb references Joan Didion’s essay “Goodbye to All of That” while exploring the uneasy relationship [6] between New York City and writers.

The Paris Review takes a look at the pets of famous authors [7] and literary luminaries.

Matt Kish interprets Joseph Conrad’s The Heart of Darkness with compelling and whimsical illustrations [8]. (Flavorwire)

A recent interview [9] reveals that author Jonathan Franzen still hates the Internet and can’t change the fact he is a white male writer. (Salon)