Editor’s Note

This is the 500th issue of the Sewanee Review and marks the close of its 125th volume. The Review has had the privilege of publishing countless great writers since it was founded by William Peterfield Trent in 1892, but, as former editor George Core remarked, “Longevity alone does not guarantee a virtue.” With that in mind, in 2017 the Review underwent significant changes. Our magazine’s redesign goes hand in hand with a determination to bring a wider range of voices to its pages, and our website, launched earlier this year, now delivers content to the broadest possible audience. In this fashion, we repeat the best practices of our former editors, who ensured, in their seeking after “the new literature,” that the Review would be a national magazine that only happened to be located in the South. In celebration of the anniversary, this issue contains images from our archives that touch on the Review’s history; however, the majority of its pages attest to the conviction that the best way to protect this legacy is to look to the future.