CRITICISM

Gwynn, R. S. Review of Always Beginning: Essays on Life in Poetry, by Maxine Kumin. Hudson Review 54, no. 2 (summer 2001): 341-42.

Gwynn assesses the strengths and weaknesses of Always Beginning: Essays on Life in Poetry.

Howe, Florence. “Only Connect.” Women's Review of Books 14, no. 1 (October 1996): 15-17.

In the following favorable review of Connecting the Dots, Howe contrasts the poetry of Kumin and Shirley Kaufman.

Maso, Carole. Review of The Long Approach, by Maxine Kumin. Women's Review of Books 4, no. 2 (November 1986): 19.

Maso offers a thematic and stylistic overview of The Long Approach.

Additional coverage of Kumin's life and career is contained in the following sources published by the Gale Group: American Nature Writers, Vol. 2; American Writers Supplement, Vol. 4; Authors in the News, Vol. 2; Contemporary Authors, Vols. 1-4R; Contemporary Authors Autobiography Series, Vol. 8; Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, Vols. 1, 21, 69; Contemporary Literary Criticism, Vols. 5, 13, 28; Contemporary Poets; Contemporary Women Poets; Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 5; DISCovering Authors 3.0; DISCovering Authors Modules: Poets; Exploring Poetry; Literature Resource Center; Major 20th-Century Writers, Eds. 1, 2; Poets: American and British; Poetry Criticism, Vol. 15; and Something about the Author, Vol. 12.