Tuesday, August 3, 2010
News Editor at the Virginia Quarterly Review Commits Suicide
Posted by Jonny Diamond on Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 10:33 AM
Kevin Morrissey, managing editor of the much-admired literary journal, Virginia Quarterly Review, shot himself on Saturday morning. Suicide—that most terrible, true shorthand for the hopelessness we all sometimes feel—is always a sad thing.
I didn't know Kevin Morrissey, but I admired his work, and the no-doubt often thankless effort he must've put into bringing good stories to the world. This is important work, disseminating the stories we tell about ourselves, and the world is worse-off for Morrissey's death.
Condolences to those he loved, and who loved him.
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