Further Reading
- Additional coverage of Michener's life and career is contained in the following sources published by Gale: Authors in the News, Vol. 1; Bestsellers, 1990: 1; Contemporary Authors, Vols. 5-8R; Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, Vols. 21 and 45; Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 6; DISCovering Authors Modules: Novelists and Popular Fiction and Genre Authors; and Major Twentieth Century Writers.
- Baker, John, "A Novel Approach," Chicago Tribune Book Review, 21 April 1991: 3, 5. (Praises Michener's The Novel for its candid look at writing and the publishing industry, but gives mixed reviews of its artistry.)
- Galloway, Paul, "Author James A. Michener, 90, Dies After 50-Year Writing Saga," Chicago Tribune, 17 October 1997: 3. (Summarizes Michener's life and works, acclaiming him as a master storyteller.)
- Groseclose, Karen and David A., "James A. Michener, A Bibliography," State House Press, Austin, 1996. (Provides a detailed chronology of Michener's life and career.)
- Irving, Clifford, "The Long Love Affair of a Tough Old Bird," New York Times Book Review, 20 December 1992: 8-9. (Favorably reviews Michener's Mexico, an epic novel, and My Lost Mexico, which relates the former's "genesis, abandonment, and resurrection" thirty years later.)
- Review of Miracle in Seville, by James A. Michener, Kirkus Reviews, 1 August 1995: 1051-52. (Negative review of Miracle in Seville, a novella about a Spanish rancher of fighting bulls.)
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