This handbook for prospective MFA students in creative writing provides information on writing programs, their details, components, and requirements. Included are interviews and answers to questions by program directors, professors, graduates, and students, advice on the application process and choosing a program, and discussion of teaching, writing workshops, publishing in literary magazines, and what to do after the degree. New to this edition are chapters profiling and ranking programs, and discussing low-residency and PhD programs. The listings formerly at the back of the book have been omitted and placed online. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)