Year After Resignation, Virginia Quarterly Review Names an Editor

More than a year after Ted Genoways resigned as the editor of the Virginia Quarterly Review, the literary journal has named a successor.

The new editor, W. Ralph Eubanks, is currently the director of publishing at the Library of Congress in Washington. His most recent book is “The House at the End of the Road: The Story of Three Generations of an Interracial Family in the American South.” He will begin at the magazine on June 3.

“Ralph Eubanks is a gifted editor, acclaimed author and respected publishing industry leader,” Jon Parrish Peede, the publisher of Virginia Quarterly Review, said in a statement. “We are fortunate to hire a seasoned editor with such enthusiasm for new technologies as well as a steadfast commitment to literature and exceptional journalism. Having come from the highest level of book culture, Ralph is devoted to creating works of permanence.”

The tiny journal, with a staff of five people, is housed on the campus of the University of Virginia and has been published since 1925. In 2010, after the suicide of its managing editor, Kevin Morrissey, the university suspended publication while it investigated complaints from staff members that Mr. Genoways had created a hostile work environment.

University officials later said they would keep Mr. Genoways on as editor, but last year he said he would leave the position of editor to focus on his work as a writer.