A selective list of online literary criticism for Bob Kaufman, 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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Anderson, T.J., III. Body and Soul: Bob Kaufman's Golden Sardine. On Kaufman as a jazz poet. In African American Review, Summer, 2000
Damon, Maria. "Bob Kaufman: A Special Section" in Callaloo - Volume 25, Number 1, Winter 2002, pp. 105-111
Lindberg, Katheryne V. "Bob Kaufman," Chicken Bones: A Journal, web published
Winans, A. D. Bob Kaufman, "Bob Kaufman, known in France as the 'American Rimbaud,' was one of the original Beat poets of the late fifties, who is rightfully regarded as the most influential black poet of his era." In American Poetry Review, May/Jun 2000
An introduction to Bob Kaufman plus excerpts of reputable critical discussions of some poems, from the Modern American Poetry Site (Univ. of Illinois)
"Bob Kaufman: Jazz Poet of the Streets," an easy-read paper on Kaufman as an oral poet, at Cross Cultural Poetics web site. Peditto, C. Natale
Brief introduction to the poet Bob Kaufman from the Academy of American Poets
"A Secret Location on the Lower East Side: Adventures in Writing, 1960-1980." Underground Publications Document Poetry's 'Mimeo Revolution' in Exhibition at The NY Public Library, featuring the handmade, experimental publications of work by writers and artists of the period. Press release about a 1998 exhibition at the NYPL
History of Circle Magazine, an experimental San Francisco magazine started in 1944
Details on the reading "6 Poets at 6 Gallery" in San Francisco, 1955
A site from the Naropa Institute's Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics contains audio files of lectures given at Naropa by Beat writers. The Naropa Archive Project is preserving and providing access to over 3500 recordings made at Naropa since 1974
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