Further Reading
- Barber, David. "Review of Passing Through, by Stanley Kunitz." Atlantic Monthly 277, No. 6 (June 1996): 113. (Barber provides an overview of Kunitz's literary career and the development of his poetry.)
- Claire, William F. "Review of A Kind of Order, a Kind of Folly, by Stanley Kunitz." The American Scholar 45, No. 4 (Autumn 1976): 598. (Notes Kunitz's many varied interests, including his knowledge of the visual arts and involvement in the work of younger poets.)
- Davis, Cynthia A. "Stanley Kunitz and the Transubstantial Word." The Literary Review 24, No. 3 (Spring 1981): 413-26. (Studies the development of Kunitz's use of language in relation to the dominant archetypal patterns in his poetry: death and rebirth, the quest, the night journey, and the lost father.)
- Dove, Rita. "Poet's Choice." Washington Post Book World (1 October 2000): 12. (Dove lauds Kunitz's appointment as Poet Laureate and extols the vitality and eloquence of his poetry.)
- Flint, R. W. "Review of Next-to-Last Things, by Stanley Kunitz." New York Times Book Review (6 April 1986): 24. (Flint offers a generally positive review of Next-to-Last Things.)
- Geeslin, Campbell. "Review of Next-to-Last Things, by Stanley Kunitz." People Weekly (13 January 1986): 14. (Geeslin offers a brief positive assessment of Next-to-Last Things.)
- Glück, Louise. "On Stanley Kunitz." American Poetry Review 14, No. 5 (September–October 1985): 27–28. (Glück relates her personal debt to Kunitz, who served as her teacher and an indispensable mentor during her formative years.)
- Henault, Marie. Stanley Kunitz. Boston: Twayne, 1980, 164 p. (A comprehensive biography and critical assessment of Kunitz's life and works.)
- Kunitz, Stanley with Leslie Kelen. "Stanley Kunitz: An Interview by Leslie Kelen." American Poetry Review 27, No. 2 (March–April 1998): 49–55. (In this interview, Kunitz discusses his formative experiences, the development of his poetry, and his preoccupations with myth, the parent-child relationship, and existential themes.)
- Lieberman, Laurence. "Review of The Testing-Tree, by Stanley Kunitz." The Yale Review (Autumn 1971): 82-5. (Praises the poetic voice of many individual poems, but finds the collection uneven as a whole.)
- Moss, Stanley, ed. A Celebration for Stanley Kunitz on His Eightieth Birthday. Riverdale-on-Hudson, NY: Sheep Meadow Press, 1986, 159 p. (This is a collection of essays and tributes dedicated to Kunitz.)
- Moss, Stanley, ed. A Tribute to Stanley Kunitz on His Ninety-Sixth Birthday. Riverdale-on-Hudson, NY: Sheep Meadow Press, 2001. (This is a collection of critical and laudatory pieces dedicated to Kunitz.)
- Moss, Stanley. Interviews and Encounters with Stanley Kunitz. New York: Sheep Meadow Press, 1993, 241 p. (A comprehensive collection of interviews with Kunitz.)
- Oliver, Mary. "Gathering Light." Kenyon Review VIII, No. 3 (Summer 1986): 129–35. (Oliver offers a positive assessment of Next-to-Last Things.)
- Orr, Gregory. Stanley Kunitz: An Introduction to the Poetry. New York: Columbia University Press, 1985, 297 p. (The most comprehensive study of Kunitz's poetry, dealing mainly with the theme of father and son relationships.)
- Packard, William. "An interview with Stanley Kunitz." New York Quarterly, No. 4 (Fall 1970): 9-22. (A conversation in which Kunitz discusses his education, his early experiences as an editor, the political layerings in "Mound Builders," and the opening lines of his poems.)
- Perloff, Marjorie. "The Testing of Stanley Kunitz." The Iowa Review 3, No. 1 (Winter 1972): 93-103. (Identifies the strengths and weaknesses of The Testing-Tree, focusing on the poem "Journal for My Daughter.")
- Plummer, William. "New Beginnings: At 95, Fledgling Poet Laureate Stanley Kunitz Finds Fresh Words." People Weekly (30 October 2000): 159. (Plummer provides an overview of Kunitz's life, work, and career, including his appointment as poet laureate.)
- Review of The Collected Poems, by Stanley Kunitz. Publishers Weekly (31 July 2000): 89. (The critic offers a brief positive review of The Collected Poems of Stanley Kunitz.)
- Ryan, Michael. "Life Between Scylla and Charybdis." American Poetry Review 14, No. 5 (September/October 1985): 28-30. (Considers Kunitz a poet of polarities and praises him for setting a moral example for younger poets.)
- Shaw, Robert. "A Book of Changes." The New York Times Book Review (22 July 1979): 1, 20. (Views Kunitz's writing as calculated risk taking that has succeeded.)
- Smith, Dinitia. "The Laureate Distilled, to an Eau de Vie." New York Times (2 August 2000): E1. (Smith provides an overview of Kunitz's life and work.)
- Tabor, Mary B. W. "A Poet Takes the Long View, 90 Years Old." New York Times (30 November 1995): C13. (Tabor profiles the life and work of Kunitz.)
- Voigt, Ellen Bryant. "On Tone." New England Review & Bread Loaf Quarterly 12, No. 3 (Spring 1990): 249-66. (Discusses the poem "My Sisters" as an example of the clarity of Kunitz's writing, focusing on Kunitz's use of powerful sensory images.)
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