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For the musician, see Boney James.
James Oppenheim (
1882-
1932), was an
American poet, author and editor.
A lay analyst and early follower of
C. G. Jung, Oppenheim was also the founder and editor of
The Seven Arts, an important early 20th-century literary magazine. Oppenheim depicted labor troubles with
Fabian and
suffragist themes in his novel,
The Nine-Tenths (1911) and in his famous poem
Bread and Roses (1911). The slogan
Bread and Roses is now commonly associated with the pivotal 1912
textile workers' strike in
Lawrence,
Massachusetts. The poem was later set to music in 1976 by
Mimi Fariña and again in 1990 by
John Denver.
Oppenheim was born in
St. Paul,
Minnesota, on May 24, 1882, the son of Joseph and Matilda (Schloss) Oppenheim. He studied at
Columbia University. Oppenheim married Linda Gray and had two children, Ralph and James Jr.
Oppenheim was assistant head worker at the Hudson Guild Settlement in New York from 1901-03. He then worked as a teacher and acting superintendent at the Hebrew Technical School For Girls in New York from 1905-07.
Oppenheim's published works include
Pay Envelopes (1911);
The Nine-Tenths(1911);
The Olympian (1912);
Idle Wives (1914);
Songs For The New Age (1914);
The Beloved (1915);
War and Laughter (1916);
The Book Of Self (1917);
The Solitary (1919);
The Mystic Warrior (1921);
Golden Bird (1923);
The Sea (collected poetry - 1924);
Behind Your Front (1926); and
American Types: A Preface To Analytic Psychology (1931). Additionally, he contributed short stories, articles, and poems to
American Magazine,
American Mercury,
Century,
Collier's,
Freeman,
Harper's,
Hearst's,
New Republic, and
The Thinker. Oppenheim served as the editor for
The Seven Arts magazine, where he worked with Waldo Frank, George Jean Nathan, Louis Untermeyer and Paul Rosenfeld from 1916-17, until he was
blacklisted due to his opposition to US entry into
World War I. Oppenheim died in New York City on August 4, 1932.
Source
"Who Was Who," Volume I, (copyright 1943).
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