A selective bibliography of open access articles on Robert Duncan, favoring signed articles by recognized scholars, articles published in reviewed sources, and web sites that adhere to the MLA Guidelines for Authors of Web Sites
Bertholf, Robert. A group of articles on Robert Duncan as a result of the acquisition of his papers by the Poetry Collection at SUNY Buffalo. In Jacket 28, 2005.
Davidson, Michael. "Robert Duncan: A metaphysical quotient." In Jacket Magazine, 26 (Oct 2004)
Duncan, Robert. Interview with John Tranter, May 4, 1985. In Jacket Magazine, 26 (Oct 2004)
Everson, William. Fellow San Francisco Renaissance poet William Everson on Duncan's work and life, and the influence of the Black Mountain Group on Duncan's poetry. A negative influence, according to Everson, since Charles Olson was "a poet deficient in ear." Interview with Lee Bartlett, originally in American Poetry, 1988, at MAP
Faas, Ekbert. Young Robert Duncan: Portrait of the Poet as Homosexual in Society (Black Sparrow Books, 1983). Short summary of his biography at publisher's web site
Hamilton, Jeff. "Wrath Moves In the Music: Robert Duncan, Laura Riding, Craft and Force in Cold War Poetics." In Jacket Magazine, 26 (Oct 2004)
Nelson, Cary. An introduction to Robert Duncan plus excerpts of reputable critical discussions of some poems, from the Modern American Poetry Site (Univ. of Illinois)
O’Leary, Peter. A review of Robert Duncan and the Poetry of Illness (Wesleyan University Press, 2002) reviewed by Nathaniel Tarn in Jacket Magazine 22, May 2003
Palmer, Michael. The "Introduction," by noted poet Michael Palmer, to a combined edition of Robert Duncan's Ground Work: Before the War, and Ground Work II: In the Dark, to be published by New Directions in April 2006. Jacket Magazine 29 (April 2006)
An extended, introductory article on Robert Duncan's career, includes list of his works and a secondary reading list, from the Poetry Foundation
A brief introduction to Robert Duncan from the Academy of American Poets.
The Letters of Robert Duncan and Denise Levertov, reviewed by Adam Saroyan in Shambhala Sun Magazine, May 2004
"Jess, 1923-2004" an obituary for the artist Jess (Burgess Collins), who was Robert Duncan's long time partner. In Art in America, March, 2004 by Michael Duncan
Web page on Robert Duncan from the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transsexual and queer encyclopedia
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