http://www.awpwriter.org/magazine/newscurrent.htm News from the Association of Writers and Writing Programs http://www.awpwriter.org/magazine/newscurrent.htm#BoycottAmazon http://www.awpwriter.org/magazine/newscurrent.htm#BoycottAmazon Barnes and Noble, Books-A-Million, and Canada's Indigo Books have announced they will not sell any of Amazon's books. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:30:00 EST http://www.awpwriter.org/magazine/newscurrent.htm#PSUMFA http://www.awpwriter.org/magazine/newscurrent.htm#PSUMFA Penn State University's English department will cut its MFA in creative writing program. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:30:00 EST http://www.awpwriter.org/magazine/newscurrent.htm#GalassiFSG http://www.awpwriter.org/magazine/newscurrent.htm#GalassiFSG Farrar, Straus, and Giroux is a very recognizable brand name behind countless prestigious literary titles. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:30:00 EST http://www.awpwriter.org/magazine/newscurrent.htm#Szymborska http://www.awpwriter.org/magazine/newscurrent.htm#Szymborska Winner of the 1996 Nobel Prize for Poetry, Poland's Wislawa Szymborska, 88, died of lung cancer in her sleep on the evening of February 1, 2012. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:55:00 EST http://www.awpwriter.org/magazine/newscurrent.htm#Soldout http://www.awpwriter.org/magazine/newscurrent.htm#Soldoubt AWP's Annual Conference and Bookfair has sold out. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:53:00 EST http://www.awpwriter.org/magazine/newscurrent.htm#TreeSwenson http://www.awpwriter.org/magazine/newscurrent.htm#TreeSwenson The Academy of American Poets announced today that Tree Swenson, is stepping down from her role as Executive Director, following a ten-year tenure at the literary organization. Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:33:00 EST http://www.awpwriter.org/magazine/newscurrent.htm#AapChancellors http://www.awpwriter.org/magazine/newscurrent.htm#AapChancellors On January 17, 2012, Tree Swenson, Executive Director of the Academy of American Poets, announced that Jane Hirshfield, Toi Derricotte, and Arthur Sze were elected to the AAP's Board of Chancellors. Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:37:00 EST http://www.awpwriter.org/magazine/newscurrent.htm#ReadFiction http://www.awpwriter.org/magazine/newscurrent.htm#Readfiction A study performed in 2006 shows that readers of fiction tend to have higher ''emotional intelligence.'' Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:37:00 EST