If you want to read what others have said about Kevin Stein's poetry and criticism, seek out these journals and websites.

Reviews of Chance Ransom

• Jim Simmerman, rev. of Chance Ransom, in The Colorado Review 28 (Spring 2001): 157-161.


Reviews of Bruised Paradise

• Donald Revell, rev. of Bruised Paradise, in The Colorado Review 25 (Fall 1998): 173-179.
• Elizabeth Dodd, "Lush," rev. of Bruised Paradise, in Tar River Poetry 38, No.2 (Spring 1999): 51-53.
• Laura Durnell, rev. of Bruised Paradise, in ACM (Another Chicago Magazine) 35: 242-244.
• Karen Carcia, rev. of Bruised Paradise, in The Indiana Review (1997): 173-174.
• Rev. of Bruised Paradise, in Publishers Weekly, 24 June 1996: 50.
• Carol Quinn, rev. of Bruised Paradise, in The Missouri Review 19 (No. 3 1996): 176-77.
• Jane Varley, rev. of Bruised Paradise, in North Dakota Quarterly 65 (No. 2, 1998): 159-162.
• Frank Allen, "Dilemmas of Communication," rev. of Bruisd Paradise,
in Poet Lore 91 (No. 4 / Winter 1996): 56-9.
• Rev. of Bruised Paradise, in Virginia Quarterly Review 73 (No. 2 / Spring 1997): 63.
• David Castleman, rev. of Bruised Paradise, in Mandrake Poetry Review 2 (No.3, 1997): 13.
• Rev. of Bruised Paradise, Publishers Weekly ( 4 June 1996)


Reviews of A Circus of Want

• Curt Rode, "The Gradual Dispatch of the World," rev. of A Circus of Want, in The American Book Review 16 (July/August 1994): 25-26
• James Harms, rev. of A Circus of Want, in Antioch Review. Summer 1994.
• Sally Thomas, rev. of A Circus of Want, in Quarterly West, No. 36(Fifteenth Anniversary Issue/Winter 1992): 232-236.
• Charles Guenther, "Poets of Form and Freedom," rev. of A Circus of Want, in St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 25 October 1992: 120.
• Review of A Circus of Want, in Publishers' Weekly, 10 August 1992: 66.
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Reviews of The Figure Our Bodies Make

• Robert Boyd, "Finding Words for Life." Review of The Figure Our Bodies Make, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 25 December 1988: 121.


Reviews of Private Poets Worldly Acts

• Review of Private Poets, Worldly Acts, in Amazon.com, October 1997
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• Donald Revell, rev. of Private Poets, Worldly Acts, in the Colorado Review 25 (Fall 1998): 173-179.
• Kirk Nesset, rev. of Private Poets, Worldly Acts, in American Literature (March 1998): 210.
• Susan Yuzna, rev. of Private Poets, Worldly Acts, in North Dakota Quarterly 65 (1998): 157-158.
• D. Garrison, rev. of Private Poets, Worldly Acts, in Choice 34, No. 10 ( (June 1997): 1667-1668.
• Review of Private Poets, Worldly Acts, in Christian Century (27 Aug-3 Sep 1997): 768


Reviews of James Wright: The Poetry of a Grown Man


• R. W. Butterfield, rev. of James Wright: The Poetry of a Grown Man, in Cambridge Journals (England) 25, No. 3 (1992): 515-517.
• David Galef, rev. of James Wright: The Poetry of a Grown Man,
in American Literature (December 1989): 725-726.
• J. Martz, rev. of James Wright: The Poetry of a Grown Man, in Choice (July 1989): 231.
• Edward Lense, rev. of James Wright: The Poetry of a Grown Man, in Ohioana Journal 32, No. 3: 145-146.
• Review of James Wright: The Poetry of a Grown Man, in The Book Reader 3, No. 2 (13 March 1989): 2.