by Jim Forest
I recently found a book, Art for The Masses: A Radical Magazine and its Graphics 1911-1917, that I want to recommend to those with either an interest in radical journalism or in Dorothy Day.
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| Dorothy Day, center, and two friends selling the New York Call in 1917. Day left The New York Call to work on The Masses. |
The book features much of the best art published in The Masses, one of America's most remarkable journals. Dorothy Day worked with The Masses in the months before it was closed by the US government in 1917, all its files and back issues confiscated, and the editors arrested and charged with sedition. The "crime" was opposition to US entry into World War I. Dorothy wasn't arrested because her name was not on the masthead when the warrants were written, and so she was able to get out the last issue. The publisher is Temple University Press. Used copies of both the hardcover and paperback edition are easy to find at used book sites.
The book is based on an exhibition organized by the Yale University Art Gallery in 1984. Used copies of both the hardcover and paperback editions are easy to find of used book sites. It offers not only a great deal of the journal's best artwork but also makes for fascinating reading.
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| The book's cover. |
A look at the journal: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimforest/4816363012/
Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Masses
Jim Forest <jhforest@gmail.com>
Jim and Nancy Forest
Kanisstraat 5 / 1811 GJ Alkmaar / The Netherlands
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