Further Reading
- Additional coverage of Oppen's life and career is contained in the following sources published by the Gale Group: Contemporary Authors Vols. 13-16R, 113; Contemporary Authors New Revision Series Vols. 8, 82; Contemporary Literary Criticism Vols. 7, 13, 34; and Dictionary of Literary Biography Vols. 5, 165.
- Auster, Paul. “A Few Words in Praise of George Oppen.” Paideuma 10, No. 1 (Spring 1981): 49-52. (Praises the decency and integrity of Oppen's work.)
- Hatlen, Burton, ed. George Oppen: Man and Poet. Orono: National Poetry Foundation/University of Maine Press, 1981, 514 pp. (An extensive collection of essays about Oppen with essential bibliographies.)
- Kenner, Hugh. “Collected Poems.” New York Times Book Review LXXV, No. 43,002 (October 1975): 5, 7. (Praises the authenticity of Oppen's craftsmanship, comparing it to a carpenter's skill.)
- McAleavy, David. “A Bibliography of the Works of George Oppen.” Paideuma 10 (Spring 1981): 155-169. (A comprehensive listing of Oppen's work.)
- Oppen, George. A review of “Three Poets.” Poetry C, No. 5 (August 1962): 329-33. (Oppen comments on the work of Allen Ginsberg, Charles Olson, and Michael McClure, indicating the critical values which inform his own poetics.)
- Oppen, Mary. Meaning a Life. Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1978, 213 pp. (Mary Oppen traces the courses through which she and her husband steered their life together.)
- Simpson, Louis. “Poetry in the Sixties—Long Live Blake! Down with Donne!” The New York Times CXIX, No. 40,881 (December 28, 1969): VII. 2, 18. (Includes Oppen in a discussion of poets and poetry of the 1960s.)
- Taggart, John. “Walk-Out: Rereading George Oppen.” Chicago Review 44, No. 2, 29-93. (Discusses Oppen’s attitude toward being Jewish, the effect of Alzheimer's disease on his last years, and Mary Oppen's role in the preparation of his last volume of poetry.)
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