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 response to recently passed anti-gay legislation in Nigeria, celebrated Kenyan memoirist Binyavanga Wainaina [2] announced he is gay. (New Yorker)

Jeff Bezos states that by this summer, Amazon will offer retail stores a Kindle-based checkout system [3]. (Wall Street Journal)

Salon’s Laura Miller ponders what standards create ageless classic novels [4], while other popular books are forgotten.

The Millions reports Pulphead author John Jeremiah Sullivan’s next book [5] is called The Prime Minister of Paradise, and is about eighteenth-century utopian idealist Christian Priber. Entertainment mogul Scott Rudin has already optioned the book for the screen.

Amanda Bullock lists twenty-nine books every person should read before marrying [6], including Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God and Do Not Disturb by A. M. Homes. (Swimmingly)

And Michelle Dean lists fifty books [7] by women authors for #ReadWomen2014 [8], a yearlong celebration of women’s writing. (Flavorwire)

On the latest episode of Other People with Brad Listi [9], Brad speaks with American Dream Machine author Matthew Specktor.