In “A Speech Concerning Episcopacy,” Lucius Carey, Viscount
Falkland, observed that “When it is not necessary to change,
it is necessary not to change.” Good advice, we’ve always
thought, not least because of its implied corollary: that
occasionally change
is necessary. At The New Criterion,
this is one
of those times. Regular readers will have
noticed that in September Roger Kimball joined Hilton Kramer
as co-editor and co-publisher. This month, we are pleased to
announce some additional changes. First, David Yezzi joins
The New Criterion as Executive Editor. David is no
stranger to The New Criterion. From 1995–1998, he was the
magazine’s Assistant and then Associate Editor, and for the
last year he has been with us part time as poetry editor.
David will continue to serve as poetry editor—he comes to
us, most recently, from the Unterberg Poetry Center at the
92nd Street Y—and will also assume a wide range of
editorial and administrative duties. Second, with this issue,
James Panero, our Associate Editor since 2002, becomes
Managing Editor. Third, Stefan Beck, Assistant Editor for
over a year, becomes Associate Editor. Finally, Dawn
Steeves, who oversees advertising and special events,
assumes the title of Assistant to the Publishers. Together,
these changes will help assure that The New Criterion
continues to be the most bracing, intelligent, and well-written cultural review in English. In other words, Plus ça
change, plus c’est la même
chose. Lord Falkland
would be pleased.