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:

Jhumpa Lahiri discusses her favorite novelists [2] and why there is no such thing as immigrant fiction. (New York Times)

Shaj Mathew visits an exhibit of Roberto Bolaño's [3] [3]unpublished work [3] in Barcelona, Spain, and gains new insight into the idiosyncratic author’s mind. (Guernica)

Sarah Marty-Schlipf teaches a creative writing class to women in jail and learns more than anyone [4]. (Rumpus)

The Millions interviews novelist Elliott Holt, revealing her thoughts [5] on Twitter, writing as a means of coping, and never going out to lunch.

Learn what happens to the brain duing the creative process as the Huffington Post delves into the nature of creativity [6].

U.S. District Court judge issues verdict in the case against Apple [7] manipulating the price of e-books. (GalleyCat)

The New Yorker explores the surge of J.D. Salinger [8] into the cultural spotlight and examines his life, his writing, and new biography.