Wolcott Gibbs, born in 1902, began working at theNew Yorkerin 1927. A supremely gifted writer and editor, he had, by his mid-thirties, published more than a million words in the magazine, covering every section, although he was best known, in his later years, as a sharp theater critic. Gibbs died at the age of 56 on Fire Island. Tom Vinciguerrais a frequent contributor to theNew York Times, and former deputy editor ofThe Week.