Amy Loveman
| Amy Loveman | |
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| Born | May 16, 1881 |
| Died | December 11, 1955 (aged 74) |
| Nationality | American |
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Amy Loveman (16 May 1881-11 December 1955) was an influential American editor and critic, best known for her work as a founding editor of the Saturday Review of Literature and for her work at the Book-of-the-Month Club.
She was responsible for more than 800 contributions to the Saturday Review.[1] According to the Jewish Women's Archive, Loveman was "the ideal book review editor" who had a "vital role in the Book-of-the-Month Club, selecting great books to introduce to new readers."[2]
Selected Publications
- Saturday Papers: Essays on Literature from “The Literary Review,” with Henry Seidel Canby and William Rose Benét (1921).
- Designed for Reading: An Anthology Drawn from “The Saturday Review of Literature,” 1924–1934, with Henry Seidel Canby, William Rose Benét, Christopher Morley, and May Lamberton Becker (1934).
- I’m Looking for a Book (1936).
- Varied Harvest: A Miscellany of Writing by Barnard College Women, with Fredrica Barach and Marjorie M. Mayer (1953).
References
- ↑ Pamela Matz, "Amy Loveman," Jewish Women's Archive Encyclopedia. n.d. https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/loveman-amy
- ↑ "Amy Loveman," Jewish Women's Archive, n.d. https://jwa.org/people/loveman-amy
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