Throughout his life Dworkin worked firstly and principally as a free-lance
writer, photographer and editor. Of some 750-plus publications in 14-or-so
countries, including translations in several languages, about 275 were poems and
stories, the rest articles in a great variety of subjects, with a certain
concentration in film, arts, and cultural criticism in general.
Books included Body Building, a juvenile for self-instruction in
physical training, text and photographs. (New York: The Ridge Press/Scholastic
Book Services, 1953); and Dewey on Education: Selections with an Introduction
and Notes. Classics on Education No. 3. (New York: Teachers College Press,
Columbia University, 1959).
Editorial work on books--apart from considerable experience on
magazines--includes Consultant Editor for drama, cinema, radio, and television
for the Grolier Society International Encyclopedia, and General Editor of
Studies in Culture and Communication (Teachers College Press, Columbia
University), and of the series, The Literature of Cinema, 64 volumes
et seq. (Arno Press/THE NEW YORK TIMES).
Work in photography (general professional, commercial, industrial, and
publications) includes many hundreds of photographs presented in magazines,
newspapers, books, and other printed media, in the U.S. and more than a dozen
countries abroad; also dozens of articles on photography and cinematography,
with photo illustrations, in periodicals here and in other countries.
Exhibitions include: Photography at Mid-Century, George Eastman House
Tenth Anniversary invitational; Photo Maxima I (1957); Professors of
Photography: A National Exhibition, Society for Photographic Education
(1966); One-man Show, Readers and Reading, at the International Book
Fair, Frankfurt-am-Main (German Federal Republic), under auspices of The
American Book Publishers Council (1966); Group Show, SPEctrum, Society
for Photographic Education, New York Region (1973); The International
Self-portrait Invitational, Art Department, Arizona State University (1978)
- plus others.
Selected writings include: "Felix Kaufmann: A Memorial, 'Last Conference'."
12th Street: A Quarterly, 111/2(1950), 13-14. "Disagreement: The
Situation of Reason." The Scientific Monthly, LXXV/2(1952), 117-19.
"Charlie and the Hive." The Progressive, 17/2(February, 1953), 34-5.
"Realism Revisited." The Progressive, 18/10(October, 1954), 34-5. "The
Money and the Message." The Progressive, 19/2(February, 1955), 34-5. "The
Clowning of Danny Kaye." The Progressive, 20/3(March, 1956), 26-7. "The
Suburbs of Criticism." The Progressive, 20/6(June, 1956), 29-30. "'The
Desperate Hours'and the Violent Screen." Queens Quarterly, LXIII/3(1956).
"In a Park of the Old French Royalty: August 1944." (short story)
Perspective, 9/3(1957), 117-20. "The Vanishing Diary of Anne Frank."
Quadrant, IV/1(Summer, 1959-60), 75-81. "Clean Germans and Dirty
Politics." Quest, No. 32(Jan./Mar., 1962), 55-60. "Modes of
Greek Skepticism: Number Ten." (poem) Catholic World, 202(February,
1966), 297. "Fiction and Teaching." General Editor's foreword to
Jeffersonianism and the American Novel, by Howard Mumford Jones (New
York: Teachers College Press, Studies in Culture and Communication,
1966), V11-X. "Evening
Games." (poem) Trace, 61(Summer, 1966), 179. "Aesthetics and
Education." General Editor's foreword to Modern Aesthetics: An Historical
Introduction, by the Earl of Listowel (New York: Teachers College Press,
Studies in Culture and Communication, 1967), 1X-XV11. "National Images
and International Culture." General Editor's foreword to The Rise of the
American Film, by Lewis Jacobs (New York: Teachers College Press, Studies
in Culture and Communication, 1968), V11-XV111. "Toward an Image Curriculum:
Some Questions and Cautions." The Journal of Aesthetic Education,
4/2(1970), 129-32. "Whose Oscar?." Catholic World, 212(October, 1970),
40-2. "Praeceptor Hispaniae." General Editor's foreword to Man and His
Circumstances: Ortega as Educator, by Robert McClintock (New York: Teachers
College Press, Studies in Culture and Communication, 1971), V11-X11.
"Confrontation." (poem) Catholic World, 212/1,276(1971), 168. "Sarah at the
Sea." (poem) Catholic World, 214(November, 1971), 76. "Cassettes:
Loaded Cartridges." The Educational Forum, (May, 1972), 523-7. "Journey."
(poem) The Antigonish Review, Number 10(Summer, 1972), 76. "Lovers."
(poem) The Fiddlehead, 99(Fall, 1973), 79. "Rust."
(poem) The Fiddlehead, 99(Fall, 1973), 78. "My Father,
24 October 1955." (poem) Contemporary Review, 224(February, 1974),
77. "The Writing on the Screen." General Editor's foreword to Graham Greene:
The Films of His Fiction, by Gene D. Phillips, S.J. (New York: Teachers
College Press, Studies in Culture and Communication, 1974), V11-XV111.
"The Monument." (scenario) Tabloid Story, (supplement to The Melbourne
Times) No. 20(January 21, 1976), 4. "Letter on Bertrand Russell." sent to
Commentary and published some late in 1976. "'Stay Illusion!' Having
Words about Shakespeare on Screen." The Journal of Aesthetic Education,
1/1(1977), 51-61. "Criticism and Ideology: A Note on Cinema." General Editor's
foreword to The Compound Cinema: The Film Writings of Harry Alan
Potamkin, selected, arranged and introduced by Lewis Jacobs (New York:
Teachers College Press, Studies in Culture and Communication, 1977),
X111-XX1. "Green
Music." (poem) Poetry Ireland Review, Number 30(1990), 48.
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