Profiles

On September 15, 1938, Thomas Wolfe, author of the novels Look Homeward, Angel and Of Time and the River, died unexpectedly at the age of thirty-seven. For the literary world, the death of the talented and ambitious young writer was a...

The story of the author’s two contributions to the magazine in 1931.

The story of Pirandello’s essay in the inaugural issue of VQR, in which he explained why and how he wrote “Six Characters in Search of an Author.”

“Every writer is born to write one story,” Wallace Stegner once said during an interview. In his case, that story was rich enough to generate over a dozen novels—including the Pulitzer Prize–winning Angle of Repose—as well as fifty-eight...

The story of Evelyn Waugh’s sole publication in VQR.

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In 1929, Thomas Wolfe—whom William Faulkner described as the greatest writer of his generation—published his...

The Israeli writer celebrated a milestone this week, prompting some retrospective biographical pieces.

With the tragic death of Natasha Richardson earlier in the week, the world has lost a tremendously talented artist, an actress whose versatility allowed her to charm audiences, wow critics, and entertain viewers whether performing for the...

The death of the great Sudanese novelist went largely without comment in this country.

Back in the 1980s, my parents bought their first home, in Georgetown, Massachusetts, from a writer named John Updike.