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A combination of hard data from programs that release funding and admissions figures to the public and a vital survey of what the individuals comprising the next generation of U.S. poets and writers have to say about their own priorities in choosing a postgraduate program, here is a ranking of the nation's top fifty MFA programs.
Borders will start selling Build-A-Bear merchandise; a Chilean art collective bombs Berlin with one hundred thousand poems; the Beijing Book Fair is off to a great start; the blurring line between comedy and poetry; and other news.
The Gertrude Stein stein and other "non-book literary oddities"; HarperCollins tests a new model of giving away content; the third edition of the OED may not appear in print, or it may; EcoGeek claims publishing industry raw materials come from the harvesting of 125 million trees per year; and other news.
Andrew Wylie is in negotiations with Penguin over digitial rights of books for which the publisher owns print rights; a child in the United Kingdom lands a deal for twenty-three books; the New Yorker Festival announces its all-star lineup; and other news.
Keith Richard and Jay-Z are set to give talks at the NYPL; Barnes & Noble launches another volley against investor Ron Burkle; the new Kindle is "almost ridiculously lightweight"; the PEN American Center announces support for the Park51 Community Center project; and other news.
Random House and the Wylie Agency make nice; the only Yiddish bookstore in New York City loses its home; iBooks may soon include iAds; writing a novel in three days; and other news.
The Faber Academy opens its Toronto campus; Seth Godin ditches traditional publishing, again; the chestnut tree from Anne Frank's diary falls in a storm; Seattle libraries close for a week due to a budget shortfall; and other news.
The University of Virginia's president orders a review into VQR's operations; e-book sales increase 119 percent in June; President Obama gets an advanced copy of Franzen's Freedom; Google's net neutrality policy and the book settlement; and other news.
Forbes publishes a list of the ten top-earning authors; James Franco writes about portraying Allen Ginsberg; Jane Austen's manuscripts are on display at the British Library; Ricky Martin pens a memoir; and other news.
Betty White signs a two-book deal at age eighty-eight; the new Oxford English Dictionary introduces two thousand new words and phrases; David James Duncan's The River Why gets a film adaptation; Durham University offers a course on Harry Potter; and other news.
