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CRITICISM

Brainard, Dulcy. Review of In the Crevice of Time, by Josephine Jacobsen. Publishers Weekly 242, no. 17 (24 April 1995): 66.

Laudatory review of In the Crevice of Time.

“Josephine Jacobsen.” Glasgow Herald (12 July 2003): 14.

Comments on the career and death of Jacobsen.

Hacker, Marilyn. Review of The Sisters, by Josephine Jacobsen. Nation 245, no. 18 (28 November 1987): 644.

Praises The Sisters and the short story collection Adios, Mr. Moxley.

Heller, Michael. “Owls, Monkeys and Spiders in Space.” New York Times Book Review 93 (12 June 1988): 15.

Positive assessment of The Sisters.

Ivry, Benjamin. “An Appreciation; Josephine Jacobsen's Legacy: The Physical Thrill of Poetry.” New York Times (19 July 2003): B14.

Examines the physical nature of Jacobsen's verse.

Jacobsen, Josephine, and Janet Palmer Mullaney. “Josephine Jacobsen.” In Truthtellers of the Times: Interviews with Contemporary Women Poets, edited by Janet Palmer Mullaney, pp. 47-55. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1998.

Discusses the “essence of poetry” and the role of the poet in society.

Review of The Chinese Insomniacs, by Josephine Jacobsen. New York Times Book Review 132 (5 December 1982): section 7, p. 54.

Brief review of The Chinese Insomniacs.

Oates, Joyce Carol. “Two Poets.” New York Times Book Review 131 (4 April 1982): section 7, p. 13, 28-9.

Excerpt extolling Jacobsen's The Chinese Insomniacs.

“Personal Poetry.” Saturday Review 37 (16 January 1954): 21.

Favorable review of The Human Climate.

Saxon, Wolfgang. “Ontario-Born Writer Became Poet Laureate of U.S.” Montreal Gazette (14 July 2003): E16.

Biographical sketch of Jacobsen.

Smith, William Jay. “The Lenore Marshall Prize.” Nation 247, no. 10 (17 October 1988): 351.

Documents the awarding of the Lenore Marshall Prize for Jacobsen's The Sisters.

Additional coverage of Jacobsen's life and career is contained in the following sources published by Thomson Gale: Contemporary Authors, Vols. 33-36R; Contemporary Authors Autobiography Series, Vol. 18; Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, Vols. 23, 48; Contemporary Canadian Authors, Vol. 1; Contemporary Literary Criticism Vols. 48, 102; Contemporary Poets, Ed. 7; Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 244; and Literature Resource Center.

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