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:
“Big Brother is watching you.” Flavorwire offers a list of the greatest catchphrases found in literary classics [2].
In the New York Times, Daniel Mendelsohn and Zoë Heller revisit the year in film adaptations [3] of short stories and novels, and discuss what literary value these movies have for viewers.
British and Irish writers dominate the best books of 2013 [4] list compiled by literary critic Jonathan Yardley of the Washington Post.
BuzzFeed reveals the top eight most commonly misspelled words of 2013 [5].
“I promise nothing was intentionally obscure.” The Rumpus interviews Hilton Als, author and theatre critic for the New Yorker, who addresses the importance of challenging readers [6], the power of sadness, and how complexity shapes people as they age.
The Millions provides an e-book cheat sheet for bibliophiles [7] who received a Kindle, Nook, or iPad for the holidays.
"For lit lovers, the dark times endured between great books can be a drag." The Huffington Post identifies fifteen books that will lift anyone out of a holiday reading slump [8].