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Masses & Mainstream

Defunct

The communist cultural monthly founded in New York in 1948 from the merger of New Masses and Mainstream, edited by Samuel Sillen and Charles Humboldt, whose book imprint published W. E. B. Du Bois, Howard Fast, Herbert Aptheker and Paul Robeson in the McCarthy years; from 1956 it continued as Mainstream until 1963.

Years
1948–1963
Location
New York, United States
Also known as
Mainstream Publishers · Masses and Mainstream
Affiliation
Communist Party USA
Languages
English
Authority records
Wikidata · VIAF · Library of Congress
Sources
Wikipedia — Masses & Mainstream

Backlist

70194019501960Founded 1948Closed 19631948: 1 title1949: 2 titles1950: 3 titles1951: 4 titles1952: 7 titles1953: 6 titles1954: 4 titles1955: 3 titles1956: 2 titles1957: 4 titles1959: 1 title1961: 2 titles1962: 1 title
Titles of Masses & Mainstream by year: 40 dated titles, 1948–1962, most in 1952 (7). Lines mark founded 1948 and closed 1963.
The figures by decade
DecadeTitles
1940s3
1950s34
1960s3
YearTitleAuthor(s)Language
1948Masses & Mainstream✓—English
1949Intellectuals in the Fight for Peace✓FreeHoward FastEnglish
1949The Schlesinger Fraud✓ — A Critique of the "Third Force" in America
Masses & Mainstream Pamphlet
Herbert ApthekerEnglish
1950Cold War in the Classroom✓FreeSamuel SillenEnglish
1950Let the Rail Splitter Awake and Other Poems✓Pablo NerudaEnglish
1950The Negro in Hollywood Films✓Free — By v. J. JeromeV. J. JeromeEnglish
1951George Bernard Shaw✓Rajani Palme DuttEnglish
1951Iron City✓ — A NovelLloyd BrownEnglish
1951Let the Rail Splitter Awake, and Other Poems✓Pablo NerudaEnglish
1951Masses & Mainstream Volume 4, Number 2 — Negro History Week 1951 A Special Number—Not recorded
1952A Lantern for Jeremy✓Free — A NovelV. J. JeromeEnglish
1952America's Racist Laws✓Herbert ApthekerEnglish
1952In Battle for Peace✓ — The Story of My 83rd BirthdayWilliam Edward Burghardt Du BoisEnglish
1952Iron City✓ — A Novel by Lloyd L. BrownLloyd L. BrownEnglish
1952Masses & Mainstream Vol. 5 No. 2 — Negro History Week 1952W. E. B. Dubois & Herbert ApthekerNot recorded
1952Negro History Week✓Samuel SillenEnglish
1952The Negro in Hollywood Films✓FreeV. J. JeromeEnglish
1953A Lantern for Jeremy✓ — A NovelVictor Jeremy JeromeEnglish
1953Burning Valley✓Free — A NovelPhillip BonoskyEnglish
1953Burning Valley, a Novel by Phillip Bonosky✓FreePhillip BonoskyEnglish
1953Film in the Battle of Ideas✓Free
A Masses & Mainstream Publication
John Howard LawsonEnglish
1953Masses & Mainstream Vol. 6 No. 2 — Negro History Week 1953 For Peace and FreedomSamuel SillenNot recorded
1953The Volunteers✓Free — [A Personal Narrative of the Fight Against Fascism in Spain]Steve NelsonEnglish
1954Laureates of Imperialism✓FreeHerbert ApthekerEnglish
1954Poems✓Nâzım HikmetEnglish
1954Poems by Nazim Hikmet✓Nâzım HikmetEnglish
1954The Rosenberg Story✓Virginia GardnerEnglish
1955I Speak My Own Piece✓ — Autobiography of "the Rebel Girl"Elizabeth Gurley FlynnEnglish
1955The 13th Juror✓Free — The Inside Story of My TrialSteve NelsonEnglish
1955Women Against Slavery✓FreeSamuel SillenEnglish
1956Mainstream✓—English
1956The Stalin Era✓FreeAnna Louise StrongEnglish
1957The Gates of Ivory✓Free — The Gates of HornThomas McGrathEnglish
1957The Ordeal of Mansart✓FreeW. E. B. Du BoisEnglish
1957The Stalin Era✓FreeAnna Louise StrongEnglish
1957The Truth About Hungary✓FreeHerbert ApthekerEnglish
1959Mansart Builds a School✓FreeW. E. B. Du BoisEnglish
1961A Puerto Rican in New York, and Other Sketches✓Jesús ColónEnglish
1961Worlds of Color✓FreeW. E. B. Du BoisEnglish
1962Cash and Violence in Laos and Viet Nam✓FreeAnna Louise StrongEnglish