Amy Loveman Explained

Amy Loveman
Birth Date:	16 May 1881
Birth Place:	New York City
Death Place:	New York City
Nationality:	American
Employer:	Saturday Review of Literature

Amy Loveman (16 May 1881 – 11 December 1955) was an 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).

External links

• Finding aid to Amy Loveman letters at Columbia University. Rare Book & Manuscript Library.

Notes and References

1. Pamela Matz, "Amy Loveman," Jewish Women's Archive Encyclopedia. n.d. https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/loveman-amy
2. "Amy Loveman," Jewish Women's Archive, n.d. https://jwa.org/people/loveman-amy