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James Oppenheim
1882–1932
An American poet, novelist, and editor remembered both for his socially minded writing and for helping shape literary culture in the early 1900s. He is especially associated with the poem "Bread and Roses" and with founding the influential magazine The Seven Arts.
4 Audiobooks
The Nine-Tenths
by James Oppenheim
The psychology of Jung
by James Oppenheim
Wild oats
by James Oppenheim
The common sense of sex
by James Oppenheim
About the author
Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, on May 24, 1882, he built a varied career as a writer, editor, and public intellectual. His work ranged across poetry, fiction, and essays, and it often showed a strong interest in social questions and ordinary working lives.
He is best known today for the poem Bread and Roses, which became closely linked with the labor movement. He also founded and edited The Seven Arts, an important literary magazine of the 1910s that gave space to major voices in American writing.
Later in life, he also became interested in psychology and was an early follower of Carl Jung. He died on August 4, 1932, leaving behind a body of work that connects literary ambition with reform, feeling, and the search for a fuller human life.