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:

“Twitter is like some atomized version of the writer’s process.” C. Max Magee explores how Twitter and the literary community have connected [2] on different levels, from the elevated to the mundane, as readers and (many) writers leverage the social media platform’s ability to foster communication. (Millions)

Long novels are experiencing a resurgence [3] in popularity and value as evidenced by the recent sale of City on Fire, a nine-hundred-page debut novel, for $2 million. (New York Times)

Kurt Vonnegut, science fiction novelist and author of Slaughterhouse Five and Cat’s Cradle, would have turned ninety-one years old today. The Huffington Post provides a list of life lessons [4] offered by the outspoken writer.

Publishers Weekly asks book reviewers to use their imaginations and avoid using hackneyed words [5]—such as unique, compelling, and poignant—in their work.

The Rumpus interviews Masha Hamilton [6], who discusses her new novel, What Changes Everything, and how it connects Afghanistan, Brooklyn, and Cleveland through a large cast of characters.

Famed author of The Outsiders, S. E. Hinton joins Twitter and reveals numerous details about her personal life [7], including the dream she has of playing basketball with Stephen King. (New Yorker)

Malala Yousafzai's memoir, I Am Malala, is banned in Pakistani private schools [8]. (NPR)

Rebuking the negative and bland stereotypes of librarians in popular culture, Alison Nastasi offers a list of intelligent, cool, and sexy librarians [9] realistically depicted in television, media, and film. (Flavorwire)