Wideman, John Edgar

1. Bell, Madison Smart. "Somehow Past Revenge." In The North American Review , Vol. 273, No. 2, June 1988, pp. 60-61.
   Criticism -- Reuben

2. Birkerts, Sven. "The Fever Days." In The New York Times Book Review, November 3, 1996, pg. 2.
   Criticism -- Fever

3. In Bloom, Harold, ed. Contemporary Black American Fiction Writers. New York : Chelsea House Publishers, c1995. pp. 170-184.
   Criticism -- Works -- Interviews -- Damballah -- Fever -- Hiding Place -- Philadelphia Fire

4. Bray, Rosemary. "The Whole City Seen in Flames." In The New York Times Book Review, September 30, 1990, pp. 7, 9.
   Criticism -- Philadelphia Fire

5. Cheuse, Alan. "Homecoming in Homewood." In The New York Times Book Review, May 15, 1983, pp. 13, 41.
   Criticism -- Sent for You Yesterday

6. In Cooke, Michael G. Afro-American Literature in the Twentieth Century. New Haven : Yale University Press, c1984. pp. 211-214.
   Criticism -- Damballah

7. In Giles, James. Violence in the Contemporary American Novel. Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, c2000. pp. 56-69.
   Criticism -- Philadelphia Fire

8. Goodman, Joseph. "Hurry Home." In The New York Times Book Review, April 19, 1970, pg. 41.
   Criticism -- Hurry Home

9. Gorra, Michael. "American Selves." In The Hudson Review, Vol XLI, No. 2, Summer 1988, pg. 407-408.
   Criticism -- Reuben

10. "John Edgar Wideman." In Current Biography, Vol. 52, No. 1, January 1991, pg. 53-58.
    Biography

11. Kenan, Randall. "A Most Righteous Prayer." In The Nation, Vol. 250, No. 1, January 1, 1990, pp. 25-27.
    Criticism -- Fever -- "Fever" -- "Hostages" -- "Surfiction" -- "Valaida" -- "When It's Time to Go"

12. Kendrick, Walter. "A Voodoo Guide to the Marginal."In The New York Times Book Review, November 8, 1987. page 3.
    Criticism -- Reuben

13. Leonard, John. "Review." In The New York Times Book Review, November 27, 1981, pg. 25.
    Criticism -- Damballah -- Hiding Place

14. In Millard, Kenneth. Contemporary American Fiction. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000. pp. 169-179.
    Criticism -- Philadelphia Fire

15. In Oates, Joyce Carol. Where I've Been and Where I'm Going. New York : Plume, c1999. pp. 131-138.
    Criticism -- The Cattle Killing -- Fatheralong

16. In O'Brien, John, ed. Interviews with Black Writers. New York: Liveright, [1973]. pp. 213-224.
    Interviews

17. In Page, Philip. Reclaiming Community in Contemporary African American Fiction. Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c1999. pp. 37-77.
    Criticism -- Novels -- Short Stories -- The Cattle Killing -- "Fever" -- "Newborn Thrown in Trash in Dies" -- Philadelphia Fever -- Reuben -- Sent for You Yesterday

18. Peaco, Ed. "The Cattle Killing." In Antioch Review, Spring 1997, Vol. 55 Issue 2, p235.
    Criticism -- The Cattle Killing

19. Phillips, Mike. "Burning Bright." In New Statesman & Society , Vol. 3, No. 136, February 1, 1991, pp. 38-39.
    Criticism -- Philadelphia Fire

20. Pinckney, Darryl. "Reviews." In The New York Review of Books, Vol. 42, Issue 8, May 11, 1995, p 27-35.
    Criticism -- Fatheralong

21. Plummer, William. "John Edgar Wideman." In People Weekly, Vol. 23, No. 6, February 11, 1985, pp. 121-122, 124, 127-128, 131.
    Biography -- Brothers and Keepers

22. Reed, Ishmael. "Of One Blood, Two Men." In The New York Times Book Review, November 4, 1984, pp. 1, 32.
    Biography -- Criticism -- Brothers and Keepers

23. In Richards, Constance S. On the Winds and Waves of Imagination. New York : Garland Pub., 2000. pp. 24-29.
    Criticism -- Philadelphia Fire -- Shakespeare, William

24. Rosen, Judith. "John Edgar Wideman." In Publisher's Weekly, Vol. 236, No. 20, November 17, 1989, pp. 37-38.
    Criticism -- Works

25. Roskolenko, Harry. "Junkie's Homecoming." In The New York Times Book Review, September 10, 1967, pg. 56.
    Criticism -- A Glance Away

26. Rushdy, Ashraf. "Fraternal Blues: John Edgar Wideman's Homewood Trilogy ." In Contemporary Literature , Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 312-345.
    Criticism -- Damballah -- Hiding Place -- The Homewood Trilogy -- Sent For You Yesterday

27. Schaeffer, Susan Fromberg. "We Are Neighbors, We Are Strangers." In The New York Times Book Review, December 10, 1989, pp. 1, 31-32.
    Criticism -- Fever -- "Fever" -- "Little Brother" -- "Valaida"

28. Seymour, Gene. "Dream Surgeon." In Nation, Vol. 263, No. 12, 1996, pp. 58-60.
    Criticism -- The Cattle Killing

29. Washington, Bryan. "The Cattle Killing." In America, May 24, 1971, Vol. 176, No. 18, p32.
    Criticism -- The Cattle Killing

30. Watkins, Mel. "Black Fortunes." In The New York Times Book Review, April 11, 1982. pg 6, 21.
    Criticism -- Damballah -- Hiding Place

31. Wideman, John Edgar. "The Language of Home." In The New York Times Book Review, January 12, 1985, pp. 35-36.
    Criticism -- Works -- Homewood (Pittsburgh, Pa.) - Fiction

32. Zamsky, Robert. "Two Cities." In Review of Contemporary Fiction, Fall 98, Vol. 18 Issue 3, pg. 240.
    Criticism -- Two Cities

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