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Seidenbaum, Art

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1 item: 112-pp. transcript of interview with Art Seidenbaum, LAT Book Review Editor (later in Op-Ed). Notable names & subjects include: LAT "Book Review is not subject to the (incestuous) reviewer-author pressure of New York" (pp. 1) ; description of how the BR section operates, who writes reviews and how they are assigned (pp. 2 - 9) ; a Henry Kissinger book (pp. 10 - 12) ; Digby Diehl (pp. 24 - 27) ; Robert Kirsch (pp. 31 - 34) ; childhood, youth and Northwestern Univ. (pp. 45 - 47) ; describes himself as "already an apostate Jew by high school" ; S. describes a career in journalism as the life of "a perpetual graduate student" (pp. 52) ; refers to a "let live ethic" in CA when he arrived in 1959 (pp. 64) ; his relationships to some of the top-tier editors over the years ; more.

Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date
1979
Call number
mssLAT
Creator
Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
The Los Angeles Times,
Restrictions
Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
Associated people
Bassett, James E., (1912-1978.)
Chandler, Norman, (1899-1973.)
Chandler, Otis, (1927-2006.)
Conrad, Paul, (1924-2010.)
Johnson, W. Thomas, (1941-)
Owens, Charles H.
Associated organizations
Los Angeles Times (Firm).
Los Angeles Times History Center.
Times Mirror Company.
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