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 light of Baz Luhrmann's much-anticipated film adaptation of The Great Gatsby, Reddit users have created a list of books [2] they imagine will be remembered a century from now. (GalleyCat)
Moviefone listed five classic books that should be “Baz Luhrmann-ized [3].”
Speaking of Gatsby, novelist Jennifer Egan appeared last night on the Colbert Report [4] to talk about the master novel.
Meanwhile, David Sedaris spoke to Jon Stewart [5] on the Daily Show.
Ilia Blinderman recounts time stuck in a crowded elevator with Salman Rushdie [6]. (New York Daily News)
Michael Kammen, who knew Jack Kerouac [7], looks at the Beat author's life and letters. (Los Angeles Review of Books)
Alexander Nazaryan discusses Henry Miller's passionate hatred of his native New York City [8]. (New Yorker)
For the Poetry Foundation's Poetry Off the Shelf podcast, Joy Katz and Erika Meitner “de-Hallmark-ize” Mother's Day [9].