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Pro-Torture Film Coming Soon to a Theater Near You

By Daniel Alarcon

October 10, 2007

Last week I found myself wearing a borrowed suit jacket and striped shirt at the gala premiere of a new Brazilian movie called “Tropa de Elite.” I’d heard it was the best movie of the Rio Film Festival, and getting in felt like some sort of acc [...]

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VQR Poetry Reading at Sweet Briar College

By Ted Genoways

October 2, 2007

John Casteen and Jennifer Chang, two poets whose first books are forthcoming in the newly launched VQR Poetry Series, will read at 7:30 p.m., this Wednesday, October 3, in the Wailes Lounge at the Florence Elston Inn and Conference Center at Sweet Br [...]

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Submission Bins, Free to a Good Post Office

By Waldo Jaquith

September 28, 2007

It's been three weeks since we launched our electronic submission system. Print submissions are mailed back with a note, asking authors to resubmit through our website. Only a few dozen print submissions languish in the vicinity of our editor's desk, [...]

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Being Irish Makes You Hard-Hitting? Well, Yes.

By Ted Genoways

September 22, 2007

Jennifer Howard, over at The Chronicle of Higher Education, has taken issue with my earlier blog post about Paul Muldoon. I wrote: Maybe we can also hope that an Irish poet such as Muldoon will have an eye for harder-hitting, more topical poetry t [...]

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The new issue’s here! The new issue’s here!

By Waldo Jaquith

September 20, 2007

Today is a special day here at the VQR offices, one of four each year. We draw inspiration from Steve Martin's The Jerk: Navin R. Johnson: The new phone book's here! The new phone book's here! Harry Hartounian: Boy, I wish I could get that excited [...]

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Muldoon to Take Over as New Yorker Poetry Editor

By Ted Genoways

September 20, 2007

Pulitzer Prize-winner Paul Muldoon has been named the new poetry editor for The New Yorker. The Irish-born Muldoon (who also edited the Best American Poetry anthology in 2005) joins the ranks of English-born Glyn Maxwell at The New Republic and Yugos [...]

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Titles We Have Known

By Waldo Jaquith

September 17, 2007

The ten most common titles of submissions that we've received in the past year: Remember Smoke Revelation Work Grace Waiting Insomnia Voyeur Butterfly Reunion Since you were wondering. [...]

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