A selective bibliography of open access articles on Raymond Carver, favoring signed articles by recognized scholars, articles published in reviewed sources, and web sites that adhere to the Modern Language Association Guidelines for Authors of Web Pages
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Carver, Raymond. "Prose as Architecture: Two Interviews with Raymond Carver," in Clockwatch Review, 1995-96
Champion, Laurie. "What's to Say": Silence in Raymond Carver's "Feathers." Studies in Short Fiction, Spring, 1997
Coles, Robert. "Compassion From Carver, Male Swagger From Altman." NYTimes, October 17, 1993 (requires one-time registration)
Jones, Paul. Teaching stragegies for Raymond Carver, from Heath
Leypoldt, Gunter. "Raymond Carver's 'epiphanic moments.'" Style, Fall, 2001
Leypoldt, Gunter. "Reconsidering Raymond Carver's 'Development': The Revisions of 'So Much Water so Close to Home.'" First page of article only. Contemporary Literature, Vol. 43, No. 2 (Summer, 2002), pp. 317-341
Meyer, Adam. A review of Meyer's Raymond Carver (Twayne's United States Authors Series, 1995). Reviewed in Studies in Short Fiction, Wntr, 1997 by Arthur F. Bethea
Moramarco, Fred "Carver's Couples Talk About Love." At Tom Luce web site
Mullen, Bill. "A subtle spectacle: Televisual culture in the short stories of Raymond Carver." Critique.Washington, Winter 1998
Myers, D.G. "Between Stories: A Memoir of Raymond Carver." Philosophy and Literature 22 (October 1998): 457-67
Nesset, Kirk. A short review of The Stories Of Raymond Carver: A Critical Study (Ohio Univ. Press, 1995) Reviewed in Studies in Short Fiction, Wntr, 1997 by Marshall Bruce Gentry
O'Connell, Evan. "Snapshots of Carver and O'Connor, Pre-Mortem," a nice essay, in the real sense of an essay, by a student. In Mercer Street (2003)
Powell, John. "The stories of Raymond Carver: the menace of perpetual uncertainty." Studies in Short Fiction, Fall, 1994
Scofield, Martin. "Closer to home: Carver versus Altman" [Raymond Carver, filmmaker Robert Altman's Short Cuts]. Studies in Short Fiction, Summer, 1996
Stull, William L. Biographical Essay on Raymond Carver, Dictionary of Literary Biography
Stull, William L. and Maureen P. Carroll, eds. A review of Remembering Ray: A Composite Biography of Raymond Carver. (Capra Press, 1993.) Studies in Short Fiction, Wntr, 1996, reviewed by Lyall Bush
Trussler, Michael. "The narrowed voice: minimalism and Raymond Carver." Studies in Short Fiction, Wntr, 1994
Varvogli, Aliki. A substantial introduction to Raymond Carver, from the Literary Encyclopedia, 7/7/01
Wriglesworth, Chad. "Raymond Carver and Alcoholics Anonymous: The Narrative Under the the 'Surface of Things.'" American@, Vol. 1, Issue 2 (Fall 2003)
Web site from Tom Luce, who solicited essays and information on Raymond Carver while at student at Whitman College, Spring 1997
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