A selective list of online literary criticism for Joanne Kyger, favoring signed articles by recognized scholars, articles published in reviewed sources, and web sites that adhere to the Modern Language Association Guidelines for Web Pages
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Russo, Linda. A biographical article about Joanne Kyger's early years in San Francisco and the influence of Jack Spicer. "To be Jack Spicer in a dream," In Jacket Magazine, 7 (April 1999)
The outstanding online publication, Jacket Magazine has a special section on Joanne Kyger, with articles about her poetry and some poems. Jacket, 11, April 2000
The Joanne Kyger page at the Electronic Poetry Center, SUNY Buffalo, has links to articles on Kyger and some poems
A brief biography of Joanne Kyger from the Univ. of Calif. San Diego library
Hayward, Michael. The publishing history of Beat writers, MA thesis (1991)
Gioia, Dana. "Fallen Western Star: The Decline of San Francisco as a Literary Region." Originally in Denver Quarterly (Fall 1998). Responses to Gioia's article in Poetry Flash
Rexroth, Kenneth. "Rexroth's San Francisco," poet Kenneth Rexroth on the arrival of the Beats. From the San Francisco Examiner and San Francisco Magazine, 1960-1975, rpt. at BOP Secrets
"The Beats, San Francisco," part of The Psychedelic '60s: Literary Tradition and Social Change, online exhibit of objects and books from the Univ. of Virginia Library, Special Collections Dept.
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