tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276911630325008276.post698580192164387095..comments2024-03-23T08:42:52.963-05:00Comments on Wait! I Have a Blog?!: The Particular Sadness of Literary MagazinesKathleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06559881249054540947noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276911630325008276.post-12622250205955860502010-08-21T08:11:11.511-05:002010-08-21T08:11:11.511-05:00So sorry, seana. It's very troubling. In thi...So sorry, seana. It's very troubling. In this case, you worry about the poor man, who was asking for help, his boss who was also his friend, and his frustrated family, driven to blame. There must be details and delicate complexities here, and so much suffering. There is gentleness and respect in the way the VQR itself reports on the loss, so I hope everyone can get through this with room to grieve. <br /><br />I had just begun to work with Escape Into Life, as poetry editor, when we lost our young founding editor. His family, friends, and colleagues are still struggling to understand and carry on. His magazine was a tribute to his mother, who also died young (but 60; he was 31), and now it is a tribute to the both of them.Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06559881249054540947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276911630325008276.post-72269414278217724682010-08-21T02:19:20.724-05:002010-08-21T02:19:20.724-05:00It's not the greatest thing to have coicidence...It's not the greatest thing to have coicidences around, but suicide has been very much around me this last week. Not with my immediate friends and family, thank God. But it does sadden me that an acclaimed literary magazine has had this happen among its staff as you report.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.com