Edward Dorn (1929-1999)

A selective list of literary criticism for poet Balck Mountain poet Edward Dorn, favoring signed articles by recognized scholars, articles published in reviewed sources, and web sites that adhere to the MLA Guidelines for Web Sites

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Literary criticism

Clark, Tom. A review of Edward Dorn: A World of Difference, by Tom Clark (Berkeley: North Atlantic Books, 2002). Reviewed in Jacket 23 (Aug. 2003) by Skip Fox. Also, an excerpt from the book ; another excerpt.

Davidson, Ian. "Space and location in Ed Dorn's poetry," in the online magazine Masthead 6 (July 2002).

Dorn, Edward. A selection of Edward Dorn's correspondence (1960-1962). Chicago Review, June 2004.

Foster, Thomas. "'Kick[ing] the perpendiculars outa right anglos': Edward Dorn's multiculturalism." "Originally an underground counterculture classic published in stages by a series of small presses from 1968 to 1975, Edward Dorn's book-length poem Gunslinger has been reprinted by Duke University Press, with an introduction by Marjorie Perloff that claims the book as a paradigmatic text for the postmodern decade of the 1990s." Contemporary Literature, 1997.

Fredman, Stephen. "Introduction to Edward Dorn." Jacket 32 (April 2007).

Johnston, Alastair. "Zephyrus Image and Edward Dorn." [Zephyrus Image Press, in San Francisco]. Chicago Review, June 2004

Kleinzahler, August. A review of More Way West: New and Selected Poems, by Edward Dorn. Ed. by Michael Rothenberg. NY Times, 22 April, 2007.

Safdie, Joe. "Ed Dorn and the Politics of Love." Jacket 25 (Feb. 2004).

Smith, Dale. "Edward Dorn out: forms of dispossession." Chicago Review, June 2004.

Southern, David. "Forensics in the provinces: collecting the correspondence of Edward Dorn." Chicago Review, June 2004.

Wisker, Gina. A substantial introductory article about Edward Dorn from the Literary Encyclopedia, 26 June 2002.

Wright, John. "An interview with Edward Dorn." Chicago Review, June 2004.

Wright, John. "Vaya Con Ojo Caliente: a memoir of Edward Dorn." Chicago Review, June 2004.

Introduction

An introductory article on Edward Dorn's career, discusses his techniques and ideas, and includes samples of his poems, from the Poetry Foundation.

Tributes to and memories of Edward Dorn, at poet Tom Raworth's web site.

Clark, Tom. An obituary of Ed Dorn by poet Tom Clark, in Jacket 9 (1999).

Edward Dorn page, from the Electronic Poetry Center (SUNY Buffalo).

An Edward Dorn bibliography from the U of Conn.(removed).

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