Art Plotnik
Illustration — Art Plotnik Arthur Plotnik (1937 - August 28, 2020) was a photographer, journalist, author and librarian, known for being the editor of American Libraries magazine for fifteen years. Plotnik worked for the American Library Association for over twenty years. His photographs covering 23 years of librarians and librarianship are held at the American Library Association Archives.
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Art Plotnik
- Born
- Art Plotnik was born in 1937.
- Died
- Art Plotnik died on 28 August 2020.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- photographer · journalist · writer · librarian
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Illustration — Art Plotnik Arthur Plotnik (1937 - August 28, 2020) was a photographer, journalist, author and librarian, known for being the editor of American Libraries magazine for fifteen years. Plotnik worked for the American Library Association for over twenty years. His photographs covering 23 years of librarians and librarianship are held at the American Library Association Archives.
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Early life
Before working at ALA, Plotnik worked at the Library of Congress and was a staff writer and reviewer in Albany’s Times-Union. Two of his books The Elements of Editing and The Elements of Expression: Putting Thoughts into Words were Book of the Month Club selections.
Plotnik was born in 1937 to Annabelle and Mike Plotnik, Russian immigrants. Plotnik graduated from White Plains High School in 1955; he was voted "wittiest" in his class. He earned a BA at Harpur College and a master's degree in English at the University of Iowa, where he studied under Philip Roth.
Works and publications
• Aaron Schmink's first crazy love (2018) • Better than great: a plenitudinous compendium of wallopingly fresh superlatives (2013, with Richard Waterhouse) • The Elements of Expression: Putting Thoughts into Words (2012, with Jessica Morell) • Spunk & bite: a writer's guide to bold, contemporary style (2005) • Elements of authorship: from lonely honk to roar of the crowd (2000) • The urban tree book: an uncommon field guide for city and town (2000) • Honk if you're a writer: unabashed advice, undiluted experience, and unadulterated inspiration for writers and writers-to-be (1992) • Man Behind the Quill, Jacob Shallus (1987) • The Elements of Editing: A Modern Guide for Editors and Journalists (1982) • Library Life--American Style: A Journalist's Field Report (1975)
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- 1.Bertram, Cara. Library Life: The Arthur Plotnik Photographs. American Library Association Archives. 2018-07-18.
- 2.The Art Plotnik photograph collection. American Libraries Magazine. 2018-07-18.
- 3.Arthur Plotnik Photographs, 1969-1992. The American Library Association Archives.
- 4.Arthur Plotnik. PenguinRandomhouse.com. 2020-08-20.
- 5.Liebson, Richard. Coming-of-age novel reflects the American experience that was 1950s White Plains. lohud.com. 2019-02-19.
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