A selective bibliography of open access articles on Randall Jarrell, 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
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Bawer, Bruce. The middle generation: Covers Randall Jarrell, among other poets. "Bawer's uneven first book, a literary study based on a dissertation and apparently completed in 1983, is less lively and sophisticated than his recent reviews in The New Criterion." Reviewed in National Review, March 27, 1987 by Jeffrey Meyers
Birkerts, Sven. A brief discussion of Randall Jarrell's career and work, in a review of a new audiobook release. In The Atlantic Online, 2001 (removed)
Burt, Stephen. "Back to Jarrell," a review of Stephen Burt's Randall Jarrell and His Age (Columbia Univ. Press) Reviewed by Jacques Khalip in Boston Review, Oct./Nov. 2003
Burt, Stephen. Publisher's blurb for Randall Jarrell and His Age (Columbia Univ. Press, 2003)
Reuben, Paul P. A primary and secondary bibliography for Randall Jarrell from Dr. Reuben's bibliography web site
Williamson, Alan. Jarrell, the mother, the marchen, in Twentieth Century Literature, Fall, 1994
An introduction to Randall Jarrell, plus excerpts of reputable critical discussions of some poems, from the Modern American Poetry Site (Univ. of Illinois)
A New York Times feature page on Randall Jarrell, which includes many Times reviews of his writing and articles on Jarrell
Randall Jarrell: a Literary Life. - book review in National Review, Sept 17, 1990 reviewed by Jeffrey Hart
A web site on Randall Jarrell maintained by Professor Richard Flynn of Georgia Southern University
http://www.poets.org/poets/poets.cfm?prmID=9 An introduction to Randall Jarrell from the Academy of American Poets
A succinct summary of modern American poetry discusses Randall Jarrell's importance, from the Academy of American Poets site
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