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An award-winning national magazine at the University of Virginia. Established in 1925. vqronline.org

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VQR Editor at Large Leslie Jamison and her daughter go to the depths of Disneyland in “Dark Ride to the Source,” a new essay in our centennial issue: www.vqronline.org/spring-2025/...
August 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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In “Seeing Political,” @LouiePalu.bsky.social’s political photography goes in search of the imperfect picture, deconstructing the photo op to perfect it. Read the rest of his #VQRTrueStory in partnership with the Pulitzer Center from our centennial issue: www.vqronline.org/spring-2025/...
July 31, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Nina Berman’s photographs of Columbia University are “haunting images of a locked-down campus… autocracy revealed in the form of a restive yet silence space under control,” Ellen Schrecker writes in her introduction to the portfolio, new in our centennial issue: www.vqronline.org/spring-2025/...
Black and white photo of person wearing a keffiyeh ripping up a Columbia diploma
July 24, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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“The second time I escaped a language was conscious and planned. In the summer of 1997, right after college, I left the suburbs of Madrid for New York City to learn English and the language of my body,” Javier Fuentes writes in our latest On Becoming column: www.vqronline.org/spring-2025/...
A Language for Reinvention, Javier Fuentes, On Becoming
July 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Tom Bissell met William Goldman as a young writer in New York City, at first with the intent of profiling him. But their relationship became something more important than a single article, Bissell recalls in “Awe and Splendor,” a profile from our centennial issue: www.vqronline.org/spring-2025/...
Awe & Splendor, Tom Bissell, Profile. Art by Joe Gough Most screenwriters, even very good screenwriters, go to their graves without having imprinted a single line of dialogue onto the American cultural consciousness. Goldman did so multiple times. One of his most lasting and influential aperçus wasn't found in any script. It came, instead, from his book Adventures in the Screen Trade: Nobody knows anything.
July 22, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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Executive editor Allison Wright and editorial assistant Julia Mathas peek behind the curtain of VQR’s formative years in this snapshot from the magazine’s archives, the first in a series that will unfold throughout the year. Tour the vault with them: www.vqronline.org/spring-2025/...
Touring the Vault, essay by Allison Wright & Julia Mathas
July 16, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Days after the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, George Butler went to Syria. “In the Silences Between Caution and Hope” is a collection of portraits of a society reckoning with what it means to be free. In partnership with @pulitzercenter.bsky.social: www.vqronline.org/spring-2025/...
In the Silences Between Caution and Hope, portfolio by George Butler, with a hand-drawn portrait of a man surrounded by objects Text reads, "Abu Sham, caretaker, gravedigger, Homs. We are affected by all these dead because they are our sons, our people. And they were fighting for us, fighting the regime."
July 15, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Our centennial issue is online today, featuring essays from Joseph Earl Thomas, Leslie Jamison, and Tom Bissell; portfolios from Syria by George Butler & Columbia University by Nina Berman; fiction by Etgar Keret & Karan Mahajan, poetry by Victoria Chang, and more: www.vqronline.org/spring-2025
The number 100 in orange and blue, made of paper cut-out letters, decorated with figures representing VQR's past
July 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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“​​Lily was my dog. In Lily were combined the two most beautiful and highest virtues—I’ve thought about this, and I mean it—the two very highest virtues of all conscious life, which are 1) likes to play and 2) gentleness.”

Read James Whorton Jr.’s “Stove City”: www.vqronline.org/winter-2024/...
Art of man sleeping next to baby, in stroller, in a lobby. Text reads Stove City, James Wharton Jr., Fiction
April 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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“Beneath the practicalities and the ethics, there was something else this town was lacking—that ineffable sense not of belonging but of its possibility.” Read Lauren Markham’s reporting on the 1 Euro House project in Italy: www.vqronline.org/winter-2024/...
The Sedini Special, Lauren Markham, Reporting, with colorful sketch of small apartment buildings lining a narrow street
March 31, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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“Three years ago, my eyesight began to change. The precision of a royal blue pen, the decisive moment on the page, now just lines and shapes.” Read Cig Harvey’s introduction to her photo portfolio “Beauty is the Only Language Worth Speaking,” from our Winter issue: www.vqronline.org/winter-2024/...
Photo of a cake and fruit spread lit by candles, with deep reds, blues, and cream colors coming through
March 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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“It Either Sinks or Floats,” Adam Ekberg’s portfolio in our Summer issue, receives the VQR Prize for Photography. www.vqronline.org/fiction-2024...
Adam Ekberg, winner of the VQR Prize for Photography, with magazine spread against a pink background Adam Ekberg, winner of the VQR Prize for Photography, with magazine spread against a pink background
March 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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“A Measure of Gratitude” by Meera Subramanian, published in our Fall issue, receives the Staige D. Blackford Prize for Nonfiction. www.vqronline.org/fall-2024/es...
Meera Subramanian, winner of the Staige D. Blackford Prize for Nonfiction, with magazine spread, on a blue background
March 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Susan Eisenberg’s suite of poetry from our Winter issue receives the Emily Clark Balch Prize for Poetry. www.vqronline.org/people/susan...
Susan Eisenberg, winner of the Emily Clark Balch Prize for Poetry, with magazine spread showing how the poems appeared in the print issue, on yellow background
March 12, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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“The Pilot” by Nikki Ervice, published in our Summer issue, receives the Emily Clark Balch Prize for Fiction. www.vqronline.org/fiction-2024...
Nikki Ervice, Winner of the Emily Clark Balch Prize for Fiction, with magazine spread showing how the story appeared in the print issue, on lavender background
March 12, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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VQR is thrilled to announce the 2024 winners of the Emily Clark Balch Prizes, the Staige D. Blackford Prize, and the VQR Prize for Photography. Each prize includes a monetary award of $1,000. www.vqronline.org/vqr-congratu...
Five magazine spreads showing the VQR Award Winners
March 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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“The flags had been taken out of service and were being disposed of according to protocol. Still, there was this ominous, anarchistic feel to watching them burn.”

See more of Eugene Richard’s photo portfolio “Do I Know You?” from our Winter issue. www.vqronline.org/winter-2024/...
Photo of a man watching flags burn in a metal barrel. Text reads "Flag burning, Tioqa, North Dakota, 2012"
March 7, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Follow Duke Ellington on his journey to bring jazz to Mars in Michael D. Kennedy’s comic from our Winter issue: www.vqronline.org/winter-2024/...
Title image reading Duke Ellington on Mars, black text against orange background, with Ellington's face surrounded by music notes
February 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Read "How to Win Friends and Horrify People," a #VQRTrueStory by @miriamjayaratna.bsky.social: www.vqronline.org/winter-2024/...
"I've Decided to Prioritize Wellness, so I'll Be Living Out the Remainder Of My Days as a Giant Cockroach Trapped in My Parents' Spare Bedroom," with an image of a smiling cockroach reclining on a bed, under a sign reading "Keep Calm and Roach On"
February 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Our Winter issue is online today, featuring reporting by Lauren Markham, essays from Will Boast and @kellymcmasters.bsky.social , fiction from Paul Theroux, a comic from Michael D. Kennedy, Cig Harvey’s color manifesto, poetry by @ds-waldman.bsky.social, and more! www.vqronline.org/winter-2024
February 20, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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VQR is thrilled to be a finalist for this year's National Magazine Award in General Excellence. Explore our issue archive, including last year's three nominated issues: www.vqronline.org/issues
February 13, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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In our Summer 1968 issue, VQR published Isaac Asimov’s review of The Double Helix by James Watson. Read more about Asimov's correspondence with VQR Editor Charlotte Kohler. #100YearsofVQR www.vqronline.org/vqr-vault-co...
Dear Miss Kohler, I have looked over the enclosed and can't find any errors. Also, since I am at least as conceited as Crick, I was delighted to see how well it read. You may receive more erudite reviews, but I'll bet you don't often get as well-written and entertaining ones. (I notice you excised my reference to the Corporation of Harvard as a "conglomerate ass" and I suppose it's just as well. After all, university trustees can't help being what they are.) Can you drop me a line telling me when copies of the issue with the review will be available? And can you send me a copy when it is available? Yours, Isaac Asimov
January 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Give the gift of VQR! Get 50 percent off subscriptions or single issues with the code HOLIDAY at our online store: www.vqronline.org/store
Give the gift of VQR! 50% off with the code HOLIDAY
December 3, 2024 at 7:15 PM
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“One thing I’ve learned over decades of covering the Arctic is that this is a uniquely problematic environment in which to wage war…before any shooting starts, the greatest threat you’ll face is the weather.”

Louie Palu’s essay & photo portfolio from the Arctic: www.vqronline.org/fall-2024/po...
Photo by Louie Palu of soldiers hiking up a snow-covered mountain
December 3, 2024 at 2:17 PM
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Give the gift of VQR! Get 50 percent off subscriptions or single issues with the code HOLIDAY at our online store: www.vqronline.org/store
Give the gift of VQR! 50% off. Code: HOLIDAY.
November 27, 2024 at 1:37 PM