CRITICISM

Coulter, Moureen. “Bridgeport Revisited.” Belles Lettres 9, No. 1 (Fall 1993): 15.

Coulter discusses the recurring characters in Howard's works and the cinematic prose style of Natural History.

Flower, Dean. “Politics and the Novel.” Hudson Review 46 (Summer 1993): 395–402.

Flower explores political issues in the writings of Maureen Howard, Julian Barnes, Imre Kertész, Ian McEwan, Rita Dove, and Wendell Berry.

Leonard, John. “Up from Bridgeport.” New York Times Book Review (1 July 2001): E10.

Leonard offers a positive assessment of Big As Life: Three Tales for Spring, calling it an “amazing novel.”

Additional coverage of Howard's life and career is contained in the following sources published by the Gale Group: Contemporary Authors, Vols. 53–56; Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, Vols. 31 and 75; Contemporary Novelists; Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 83; Literature Resource Center; and Major 20th-Century Writers, Editions 1 and 2.