Vincent Virga
"The central photo was taken by Laura Rubin a long time ago, and the ones on the far right were taken even longer ago: Jimmy McCourt in Central Park the summer before we met at Yale in '64 and me getting on a boat in Amsterdam in '65." Vincent Virga
"The central photo was taken by Laura Rubin a long time ago, and the ones on the far right were taken even longer ago: Jimmy McCourt in Central Park the summer before we met at Yale in '64 and me getting on a boat in Amsterdam in '65." Vincent Virga
Born (1942-09-28) September 28, 1942 (age 81)
New York City, U.S.
Occupation
  • Editor
  • writer
NationalityAmerican
EducationSt. Bonaventure University (BA)
Yale School of Drama
PartnerJames McCourt

Vincent Virga (born September 28, 1942) is a gay American-born editor and writer. He is the author of the novels Gaywyck (1980), A Comfortable Corner (1982), and Vadriel Vail (2001). His life partner since 1964 is fellow writer James McCourt. McCourt's and Virga's papers are held at Yale's Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library.[1]

Life

Vincent Virga was born and grew up in New York City. In 1952 the family moved to Lindenhurst, New York.[2]

Virga attended St. Bonaventure University, (B.A., 1964) and Yale University (1964-1965). In 1964 at Yale he met fellow student James McCourt, who was to become his life partner.[1] They were both enrolled in the acting program at Yale School of Drama, but Virga was not happy with the teaching at Yale, and therefore he and McCourt left to explore the theater scene in London. They lived in London from 1964 to 1967 and again from 1969 to 1971, both doing odd-jobs.[3] Virga first job was as a typesetter at The New York Review of Books.[2]

Virga and McCourt moved to New York City in the 1970s, where they currently live, in the same apartment they are renting since then.[4] They also spend time in Washington, D.C. (for Virga's work at the Library of Congress), and Ireland (where Virga has the role of United States Representative of the Jackie Clarke Collection in Ballina, County Mayo).[5][6]

Vincent Virga was a friend of author Susan Sontag[7] (whom he met while working as a typesetter at The New York Review of Books)[2] and poet James Schuyler.[8] Cartographia: Mapping Civilizations (2007) is dedicated to Sontag, McCourt and Victoria de los Angeles, a friend of both McCourt and Virga.[2]

Work

Vincent Virga first novel, Gaywyck (1980), was also the first gay gothic romance ever published.[9] Vadriel Vail (2001, nominated 14th Lambda Literary Awards) and Children of Paradise (2010) are the second and third books in the series of Gaywyck.[1] A Comfortable Corner (1982) is a contemporary novel dealing with the issue of alcoholism in the gay community.[10]

Virga is also an expert on cartography, and has a close collaboration with the Library of Congress. His researches on cartography have been published by the Library of Congress since the beginning of the 2000s.[11]

Other than publishing his own work, since 1973 Virga is a photo editor[12][2] and consultant for other authors. He has researched the picture sections of more than 150 books, including the biography of John Wayne, Jane Fonda, Arianna Huffington Stassinopoulos, Hillary Clinton, and Bill Clinton.[6]

Bibliography

Fiction[13]

Nonfiction[13]

Photo editing (not inclusive list)[13]

References

  1. ^ a b c "James McCourt and Vincent Virga papers". Archives at Yale. Yale University. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Biography". vincentvirga.com. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  3. ^ Curry, Jennifer (2007). World Authors, 2000-2005. H.W. Wilson. p. 530. ISBN 9780824210779. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  4. ^ American-Irish Historical Society (2007). The Recorder A Journal of the American Irish Historical Society. The Society. pp. 50–54. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  5. ^ The Advocate Issues 854-862. Liberation Publications. 2002. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  6. ^ a b "About the Author". barnesandnoble. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  7. ^ Moser ·, Benjamin (September 17, 2019). Sontag Her Life. Penguin Books Limited. p. 832. ISBN 9780141977904. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  8. ^ Schuyler, James (1997). The diary of James Schuyler. Black Sparrow Press. p. 317. ISBN 9781574230277. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  9. ^ Falk, Kathryn (May 1984). How to Write a Romance and Get It Published. New American Library. p. 302. ISBN 9780451129031. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  10. ^ Berg, Steven Lorain (1989). AA, Spiritual Issues, and the Treatment of Lesbian and Gay Alcoholics. Michigan State University. p. 418. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  11. ^ Carr, Nicholas (June 6, 2011). The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains. W. W. Norton. p. 40. ISBN 9780393079364. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  12. ^ Civilization. L.O.C. Associates. February 1999. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  13. ^ a b c Virga, Vincent. "Resume". vincentvirga.com. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  14. ^ Beschloss, Michael R. (1990). Eisenhower A Centennial Life. HarperCollins. p. 253. ISBN 9780060164188. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  15. ^ Barrett, Wayne (1992). Trump The Deals and the Downfall. HarperCollins Publishers. p. 492. ISBN 9780060167042. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  16. ^ Brynner, Rock (1989). Yul The Man who Would be King: a Memoir of Father and Son. Simon and Schuster. p. 252. ISBN 9780671690069. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  17. ^ William S. Cohen, George John Mitchell (1989). Men of Zeal A Candid Inside Story of the Iran-Contra Hearings. Penguin Books. p. 384. ISBN 9780140110890. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  18. ^ William Egan Colby, Peter Forbath (1978). Honorable Men My Life in the CIA. Simon and Schuster. p. 493. ISBN 9780671228750. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  19. ^ Cooke, Hope (1980). Time Change An Autobiography. Simon and Schuster. p. 285. ISBN 9780671412258. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  20. ^ Ehrlichman, John (1982). Witness to Power The Nixon Years. Simon and Schuster. p. 432. ISBN 9780671242961. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  21. ^ Farnan, Dorothy Jeanne (1984). Auden in Love. Simon and Schuster. p. 253. ISBN 9780671504182. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  22. ^ Houseman, John (1983). Final dress. Simon and Schuster. p. 559. ISBN 9780671420314. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  23. ^ Eells, George (1979). Merman An Autobiography. Berkley Publishing Corporation. p. 344. ISBN 9780425042618. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  24. ^ Milford, Nancy (November 27, 2001). Savage Beauty The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay. Random House Publishing Group. p. 576. ISBN 9781588360946. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  25. ^ Millett, Kate (1979). The Basement Meditations on a Human Sacrifice. Simon and Schuster. p. 341. ISBN 9780671247638. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  26. ^ Oppenheimer, Jerry (416). Seinfeld The Making of an American Icon. HarperCollins. p. 416. ISBN 9780062030818. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  27. ^ Pakula, Hannah (1989). Queen of Roumania The Life of Princess Marie, Grand-daughter of Queen Victoria. Indiana University. p. 510. ISBN 9780907871910. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  28. ^ Grillo, Jean Bergantini (1980). Molly! An Autobiography. Simon and Schuster. p. 319. ISBN 9780671240165. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  29. ^ Reston, James Jr. (1989). The Lone Star The Life of John Connally. Harper & Row. p. 691. ISBN 9780060161965. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  30. ^ Huffington, Arianna Stassinopoulos (1988). Picasso Creator and Destroyer. Simon and Schuster. p. 558. ISBN 9780671454463. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  31. ^ Wallace, Irving (April 1982). Book of Lists People Almanac. Bantam Books. ISBN 9780553146424. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  32. ^ Winters, Shelley (1990). Shelley II The Middle of My Century. Pocket Books. p. 563. ISBN 9780671701420. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  33. ^ Wolfe, Linda (1994). Double Life The Shattering Affair Between Chief Judge Sol Wachtler and Socialite Joy Silverman. Pocket Books. p. 286. ISBN 9780671874803. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
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