Shenandoah and the rest of the American literary community mourn the loss of Jake Adam York, who died Sunday after a massive stroke. He was 40. Jake had been a Contributing Editor to this magazine for over a decade and studied with me at Auburn University, where he wrote a collection of poems for his honors thesis. I’ve never taught anyone else who so swiftly surpassed me and gave the full measure. I’ll say more when I can get collected and words come back to me.
SHENANDOAH and Literary Community Mourn
R. T. Smith has edited Shenandoah since 1995 and serves as Writer-in-Residence at Washington & Lee. His forthcoming books are Doves in Flight: 13 Fictions and Summoning Shades: New Poems, both due in 2017.