Kevin Morrissey, managing editor of the Virginia Quarterly Review, has died

Police responded to reported gunfire near the coal tower at the end of Water Street to find that Kevin Morrissey, 52, managing editor at the Virginia Quarterly Review, had taken his own life on July 30. Morrissey was part of the small staff that, under editor Ted Genoways, helped gain national recognition for the 7,000-circulation journal.

VQR’s web editor, Waldo Jaquith, has a personal note on his blog at cvillenews.com.

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