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Binding: MagazineFirst Issue Lead Time: 12-16 weeks Format: Magazine Subscription Issues Per Year: 4 Label: Virginia Quarterly Review Magazine Type: Trade magazine Manufacturer: Virginia Quarterly Review Number Of Issues: 4 Publisher: Virginia Quarterly Review Studio: Virginia Quarterly Review Subscription Length: 365 days Sales Rank: 1580 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: A national magazine of literature and discussion. Its interests include literature, politics, foreign affairs, history, sports, art, and science. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Wonderful writing and journalismThis is my favorite "literary" review. Although it seems to verge on a current affairs publication, it's much more in depth than most newspapers and, head over hills, better than TIME and NEWSWEEK. There seems to be a theme to each issue--mostly connected to a region or special issue. The current issue is about "Outcasts" and covers a civil rights era kidnaping, the post Katrina Gulf states, and much more. I couldn't stop reading on a recent plane trip. Rating:  - Not rating VQR but Amazon's subscription schemeTo be absolutely clear, I am a fan of VQR and if I were only rating them here, I'd give them 4 or 5 stars. My beef is with Amazon's advertising "up to 75% off" for subscriptions. I've checked the rates for VQR, Poetry, Writer's Digest, and Poets & writers, and I'm four for four: Amazon's rates are either exactly the same as those posted on these journals' websites, or (in the case of Writer's Digest and P&W) more expensive. It's nice, I guess, that Amazon is providing more exposure for these ... Read More Rating: - The Best Literary Quarterly Out ThereThe VQR is high quality magazine for serious readers and those with a sense of humor. Ted Genoways, the current editor, has brought a new breath of fresh air into an old Southern (very traditional) magazine. Now, the VQR has lots of pictures, cartoons, political commentries--beyond just the routine poems, essays, and short fiction. The magazine is very relevant in today's world because it dares to go below the surface. For instance, the current Winter 2008 centers around the moral/political issue ... Read More Rating: - Wonderful publicationRarely does a university-based journal attempt to engage readers as potential intellectuals and not merely as academics. VQR is such a publication. VQR is striking for its blend of poetry, fiction, political commentary, art reviews, author interviews, book reviews, and--perhaps its most distinctive feature--stunning color photography. Unlike mass-market literary magazines, it does not use poetry as filler in between articles. Poetry, like all VQR material, is given equal time with fiction and ... Read More Rating: - A let downI had high hopes for this subscription. So far I have gotten 3 issues and have decided not to resubscribe. Each issue has a portion of a graphic novel inside. If I wanted that I'd buy a comic book. There are also academics writing short stories about academics. The other thing that bothers me is that it has a political slant, in this case left. I don't care left or right, what I do care is that I don't need propaganda. Stay away. Browse for similar items by category:
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