''Masses & Mainstream'', published from 1948 to 1963, was an American Marxist monthly

publication To publish is to make content available to the general public.Berne Con ...

. It resulted from a merger between ''

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'', which ceased publication in January 1948, and ''Mainstream'', a Communist cultural quarterly established the previous year. It was headquartered in New York City. ''Masses & Mainstream'' was edited by Samuel Sillen. Although most of its best-known contributors had written for ''New Masses'' before the war, the magazine gave a platform to some younger writers, including

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, Thomas McGrath,

Eve Merriam Eve Merriam (July 19, 1916 – April 11, 1992) was an American poet and writer. Writing career Merriam's first book was the 1946 '' Family Circle'', which won the Yale Younger Poets Prize. Her book, ''The Inner City Mother Goose'', was describe ...

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and Phillip Bonosky. The magazine had a circulation of 17,000 in 1948, but steadily lost subscribers through the

McCarthy era McCarthyism is the practice of making false or unfounded accusations of subversion and treason, especially when related to anarchism, communism and socialism, and especially when done in a public and attention-grabbing manner. The term origina ...

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