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:
The New York Times took a sneak peak into the archives of John Updike, which will not be made generally available by Harvard University for another two years. "Updike's archive may be the last great paper trail," one biographer told the Times. "Anyone interested in how a great writer works will find here as full an explanation as we’re likely to get.”
After weeks of controversy, Geoffrey Hill was elected by a landslide to the post of Oxford Professor of Poetry. (Guardian)
While the Salinger estate maintains its refusal to sell the film rights to Catcher in the Rye, a looming new death tax has raised hopes in Hollywood "of landing the film rights to the novel considered the holy grail of scripts." (Sydney Morning Herald)
Barnes & Noble has introduced a less-expensive version of the Nook and dropped the price of the full 3G model to $199. (TechCrunch)
A new book claims that Emily Dickinson had a love affair with her father's friend. (Boston Globe)
The childhood home of the poet Stanley Kunitz in Worcester, Massachusetts, has been officially designated as a Literary Landmark. (Telegram)
The Harry Potter theme park opens this week at Universal Studios Orlando in Florida. Wired has pictures from the opening night gala.
LA Weekly asks: Is the future of books in old books?
