Norman Corwin, Author

Although his earliest and greatest fame came from his writing for radio, Corwin is also well known as an author. The following is a short compendium of his published works

Books

General
So Say The Wise: A Community Of Modern Mind	New York: George Sully Company, 1929	A compendium of quotations, concentrating on current personalities. Compiled by Corwin and Hazel Cooley.	1929
One World Revisited	New York : Common Council for American Unity, [1947]	A report on his One World Flight.	1947
Holes In A Stained Glass Window	Secaucus, N.j. : L. Stuart, C1978.	Collection of Corwin's Essays, Articles and Poetry. Contains both Prayer for the 70s and Jerusalem Printout	1978
A Date With Sandburg	California State University, Northridge Libraries, Santa Susana Press, 1981	Part of the California State University's "California Masters" series	1981
Trivializing America	Secaucus, N.j. : Lyle Stuart, C1983.	This influential best-seller is a critique of the failings of contemporary American culture.	1983
Norman Corwin's Letters / Edited By Jack Langguth	New York : Barricade Books Inc., C1994.	Compilation of letters written throughout Corwin's career.	1994
Years Of The Electric Ear	[Hollywood, Calif.] : Directors Guild Of America ; Metuchen, N.j. Scarecrow Press, C1994.	Interview of Corwin by Douglas Bell.	1994

Poems and Poetry Compilations
Overkill And Megalove.	Cleveland, World Pub. Co. [1963]	Collection of poetry centered on the topic of the Nuclear Arms race.	1963
Prayer For The 70s.	Garden City, N.y., Doubleday [1969]	Eddie Arnold read Corwin's poem Prayer for the 70's on the Ed Sullivan Show, after which so many people requested copies that Doubleday issued a mini-book of the poem. The poem also appears in Holes in a Stained Glass Window.	1969
Jerusalem Printout / By Norman Corwin ; With Woodcuts By Albrecht Dürer & Jost Amman.	Bloomington, Ind. : Raintree Press, 1978.	Limited Edition mini-book of the poem Jerusalem Printout. The poem also appears in Holes in a Stained Glass Window.	1978

Published Stage Plays
The Warrior, An Opera In One Act	New York, F. Rullman, 1946.		1946
The Rivalry	[New York] Dramatists Play Service, [1960]		1960
The World Of Carl Sandburg : A Stage Presentation	Harcourt, Brace & World, C1961.		1961

Published Radio Scripts And Adaptations
They Fly Through The Air With The Greatest Of Ease	Weston, Vt., V. Orton [1939]		1939
The Plot To Overthrow Christmas	Mount Vernon, [n.y.] : Peter Pauper Press, C1940		1940
Thirteen By Corwin, Radio Dramas By Norman Corwin, With A Preface By Carl Van Doren.	H Holt And Company [1942]		1942
We Hold These Truths; A Dramatic Celebration Of The American Bill Of Rights, Including An Address By Franklin D. Roosevelt, Published Under The Auspices Of The United States Government; Text By Norman Corwin, Illustrations By Samuel M. Adler.	[New York] Howell, Soskin [1942]		1942
This Is War! A Collection Of Plays About America On The March	New York, Dodd, Mead & Company [1942]		1942
More By Corwin : 16 Radio Dramas	New York : H. Holt, [1944]		1944
On A Note Of Triumph	New York, Simon And Schuster, 1945.		1945
Untitled, And Other Radio Dramas By Norman Corwin.	New York, H. Holt And Company [1947]		1947
Greater Than The Bomb : The First Publication In English Of A Radio Program Broadcast Internationally In 1950 And Repeated Many Times Since	California State University, Northridge Libraries, Santa Susana Press, 1981		1950
John Brown's Body	1952		1952
Dog In The Sky: The Authentic And Unexpurgated Odyssey Of Runyon Jones	New York, Simon And Schuster, 1952.	A children's book version of The Odyssey of Runyon Jones.	1952
On A Note of Triumph -- Lodestone Edition	Lodestone, 1995		1995
50 Years After 14 August	Lodestone, 1995	Copy of Corwin's original production script, including notes and corrections.	1995
No Love Lost	Lodestone, 1996	Copy of Corwin's original production script, including notes and corrections.	1996
The Writer with the Lame Left Hand	Lodestone, 1996	Copy of Corwin's original production script, including notes and corrections.	1996
The Curse of 589	Lodestone, 1997	Copy of Corwin's original production script, including notes and corrections.	1997
Our Lady of The Freedoms, and Some of Her Friends	Lodestone, 1997	Copy of Corwin's original production script, including notes and corrections.	1997
The Secretariat	Lodestone, 1997	Copy of Corwin's original production script, including notes and corrections.	1997
Memos To A New Millennium	Lodestone, 1999	Copy of Corwin's original production script, including notes and corrections.	1999

Articles

Corwin has written numerous articles for a variety of magazines including Westways, Theatre Arts, Scholastic, and the Saturday Review of Literature, and many others. The following is a very incomplete list of Corwin's articles, uncovered with a modicum of research:

"The Sovereign Word" Theatre Arts February 1940
" Careers in Screen and Radio" Theatre Arts July 1941
" Radio and Morale" Saturday Review of Literature July 1942
"Samson" Theatre Arts September 1942
"The Plot to Overthrow Christmas" Scholastic December 13, 1943
"Untitled" Scholastic December 13, 1944
"One World Or None?" New Zealand Listener October 25, 1946
"Looking For Art, Bub?" Theatre Arts May 1947
"One World Revisited" Common Ground Winter 1947 (reprint by Common Council for American Unity)
" I Can Be Had" Theatre Arts June 1948
" Radio Writing, USA" Writer, February 1951
" Corwin Tell His Story as $15 Recorder Scribe" Greenfield Recorder-Gazette February 1, 1958
" Coast to Coast with a Dramatized Debate" Theatre Arts February 1959
"The Unseen Theatre" Action November-December 1969
"Corwin on Media: Confessions of a Map Addict" Westways November 1973
"Corwin on Media: Counting Lossess" Westways June 1975
"Corwin on Media: Boston" Westways February 1976
"Don't Write This Man" Modern Maturity April-May 1976

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