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Established in 1925, the (Virginia Quarterly Review) is an award-winning journal committed to publishing excellence in contemporary literature, long-form journalism, and photojournalism for societal benefit. From its inception, VQR has been published at the University of Virginia, and its pages have been a haven and a home for the best essayists, fiction writers, poets, and critics from every section of the United States and abroad. No topic is off-limits: literature, the sciences, public affairs, the arts, history, and the economy are covered. From William Faulkner to Toni Morrison to Alice Munro, VQR has published more than 10 Nobel Laureates. Since 2000, it has been awarded more National Magazine Awards than any literary quarterly in the nation.
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Volume 95, Number 2, Summer 2019Editorial Board
Editor
Paul Reyes
Executive Editor
Allison Wright
Art Director
Jenn Boggs
Associate Editor
Alexander Brock
Assistant Editor
Heidi Siegrist
Sr. Editorial Intern
Dan Goff
Editorial Interns
Bel Banta
Samuel Nicol
Social Media Intern
Sydney Bradley
Director, Center for Media and Citizenship
Siva Vaidhyanathan
Poetry Editor
Gregory Pardlo
Editors at Large
Alexander Chee
Ram Devineni
Leslie Jamison
Jeff Sharlet
Contributing Editors
Tom Bissell
David Caplan
Julia Cooke
Kwame Dawes
Jesse Dukes
Jason Florio
Helon Habila
Dimiter Kenarov
Garret Keizer
Lauren Markham
Jason Motlagh
Michelle Orange
Louie Palu
Delphine Schrank
Neil Shea
Natasha Trethewey
Lawrence Weschler
Elliott D. Woods
Kevin Young
Advisory Board
Marie Arana
Larry Bridges
Jon Fine
David Griffin
Joe Hutchinson
Jay Morse
Amy O’Leary
Manuscript Readers
Chanda Feldman
Christian Kiefer
Rob Shapiro
Jacqui Shine
