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 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) encourages the celebration of World Poetry Day [2] today. (Panorama)

In the meantime, works by the late Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, among others, have been removed [3] by authorities from the Riyadh International Book Fair in Saudi Arabia. (Times of Israel)

In a continuing trend of bookstores obtaining liquor licenses, Books & Brews opens today in Indianapolis [4]. (Indianapolis Star)

Flavorwire asks whether Denis Johnson is the most influential living writer in the country [5].

The Guardian takes a look at Vladimir Putin’s portrayal in novels [6], while Space.com examines the history of Russian science fiction [7].

“Three Erasures” by poet Collier Nogues appear on the online journal At Length [8], and include the manipulated 1936 text of a radical right-wing organization in Japan.

Zachary Richard has been named Louisiana’s first French-language poet laureate [9]. (Shreveport Times)

Ryan Van Winkle interviews Polish poet Adam Zagajewski [10] about the place in which a perfect poem resides and the concept of success. (Prairie Schooner)

Scottish novelist Lucy Lawrie reflects on how motherhood ended a career in law but started one in writing [11]. (Daily Record)