A selective list of online literary criticism for James Wright, favoring signed articles by recognized scholars, articles published in reviewed sources, and web sites that adhere to the MLA Guidelines for Web Pages
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Anderson, Maggie. "The River Down Home: James Wright and My Hillbilly Father." Ohioana Quarterly, Spring 2001
Blunk, Jonathan. An Introduction to Twelve Letters by James Wright. American Poetry Review, Jul/Aug 2005
Finley, Michael. A nephew of James Wright's describes the influence his uncle had on him. Self-published article
Foster, Jeanne. The first workshop: A memoir of James Wright. American Poetry Review, Jul/Aug 2001
Hass, Robert. Short "poet's choice" article on James Wright's poetry, by former poet laureate Robert Hass, Washington Post, 9/27/98
Kirsch, Adam. "Primal Ear: Roethke, Wright, and the cult of authenticity." New Yorker, 8/1/05
Lensing, George S. Issues and strategies for teaching James Wright's poetry, from Heath Guides
Marks, Justin. "In My Father's House There Are Many Rooms." On poet Franz Wright's complicated relationship with his father, James Wright. Web del Sol Review of Books #1, n.d.
Moramarco, Fred. A lengthy essay from Containing Multitudes has a section on James Wright among the other poets he considers, poets who would move "toward a poetry centered in the physical self of the poet who produced it. They participated collectively in the mid-century poetic climate that revolutionized poetry and greatly broadened its possibilities."
Ruark, Gibbons. With James Wright At The Grave Of Edward Thomas: Notes From The Cutting Room Floor." Cortland Review, Spring 2003
An introduction to James Wright plus excerpts of reputable critical discussions of some poems, from the Modern American Poetry Site (Univ. of Illinois)
A very brief introduction to James Wright from the Academy of American Poets
Web site for the annual James Wright poetry festival held in Wright's birthplace, Martins Ferry, Ohio
Magazine article about the 1987 James Wright poetry festival held in Wright's birthplace, Martins Ferry, Ohio. Time Magazine, 10/19/87
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