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 1933, a federal judge ruled that Ulysses was not obscene, granting it entry into the United States," the New York Times recalled today. Last week—days before the annual June 16 Bloomsday celebrations—Apple required creators of a Web comic version of the classic novel "to remove any images containing nudity before the comic was approved as an application for the iPad."
The literary archives of J.G. Ballard have been acquired by the British National Library as part of the acceptance in lieu (AIL) program that "allows families to give exceptional works or objects to the nation in return for settling death duties." (Guardian)
David Denbar, who left his post as publisher of Penguin Canada last week, has been accused of sexual harrassment by a former Penguin employee. (Publishers Weekly)
Ghostwriters are no longer "book publishing's dirty little secret," according to the Millions.
A condo-board president in New York City is being accused of stealing one million dollars in rare books from the basement of his building. (New York Post)
Why has Boston had such a hard time starting a One Book, One City program? (Boston Globe)
What are billionaires reading this summer? (Wall Street Journal)
While speaking to an audience of Telegraph readers about his new novel, John Grisham revealed an intriguing insight about deadlines and his first novel: "A Time to Kill is still my favorite, it is very autobiographical. It is the only book I have written without a deadline, and I think it is the best book I have written."
