Bibliography - Works about Holmes

Along the Row

Boston Advertiser, Mar 4 1930

Files, Myron J. Tufts Weekly May 15, 1929

Tuftonian [May 1929] p.144-145

"Tufts Man Writes Book of Verse" [1930?]

Address to the Living

Benét, Stephen Vincent [1938]

Boston Herald, Apr 17 1937

Boston Traveler, Jan 18 1950

B[ragdon], E[lspeth] Springfield [Mass.] Republican, Mar28 1937, p 7e

Ciardi, John. Michigan Daily, June 3 1939

Coffin, R. P. T. "Believers in Life" Yankee [1937]

Davidson, Eugene. Yale Review ns 26:817 (Summer 1937)

"Dynamics of American Poetry: LXXII" Poetry Review 29:238-39 (May - June 1938)

Elliott, G. R. "Poetry Going and Coming" Virginia Quarterly Review Summer 1937

Galvin, William. "Poems Preach Action" Sacramento Bee Sept 24 1949

Hartford Courant Mar 21 1937

Hickler, Rosalie. Christian Register 116:234 (Apr 8 1937)

Holden, R. Poetry 50:170-72 (June 1937)

"John Holmes' New Volume of Verse issued" Boston Evening Transcript Mar 25 1937

Hill, Frank Ernst. "The Tree of Life" Voices [1937]

Hutchison, Percy. New York Times, Aug 22 1937, p 16

Irvine, Maurice. "Two Poets in Progress" N. Y. Times Book Review Oct 23 1949

K., E. Chicago Tribune, May 1 1937

Keller, Martha. "Characteristic Outpourings of American Verse" Philadelphia Inquirer May 27 1937

C. J. K. "Handbook of a Philosopher" Easton Express Mar 20 1937

Lechlitner, Ruth. "Joys of Life" N. Y. Herald Tribune Dec 18 1949

Leland, Marion. "Speaking of Books" Greenwich Press Apr 15 1937

Lewis, Constance Deming. Augusta [Ga.] Chronicle, Apr 11 1937

Louisville Courier-Journal Jan 22 1950

Lowell [Mass.] Telegram, Mar 7 1937

A. F. L. Lewiston Journal [1937]

J. R. "A New Poet Sounds a Call to His Age"

Moore, Merrill. Boston Transcript, Mar 27 1937, sect 6, p 3

Moore, Merrill. Hinterland 2, no 2:53-56 (n d)

Moore, Merrill. Louisville Courier-Journal, May 2 1937

New Yorker, Mar 20 1937

Oehser, Paul H. Washington Post, Mar 28 1937

Ritchey, John. Christian Science Monitor, May 19 1937, p 12

Saul, George Brandon. Hartford Courant Oct 9 1949

Somerville [Mass.] Journal, Apr 9 1937

Spencer, Martha L. "John Holmes Poems Ponder Man's Desires" Hartford Daily Times Mar 20 1937

Springfield Union [1937]

Trigg, Emma Gray. Richmond Times Dispatch, Jan 16 1938

"Two Poets Shine in Group of Five" Hartford Courant [1937]

Walton, E. L. Books, June 13 1937, p 7

Walton, E. L. New York Herald-Tribune, June 13 1937

Fair Warning

A. G. L. [1939]

Atlanta [Ga.] Constitution, Nov 51939

B[ragdon], E[lspeth] Springfield [Mass.] Republican, Nov26 1939, p 7e

Greensboro [N.C.] News, Oct 29 1939

Marion, Ellen. Winston-Salem, North Carolina Journal, Oct 29 1939

Milwaukee Journal [1939]

Nashville Morning Tennessean, Oct 29 1939

New Yorker 15:88 (Nov 4 1939)

T., D. N. Springfield [Mass.] Evening Union, Oct 19 1939

West Palm Beach, Florida Post, Oct 8 1939

West Palm Bcach, Florida Times, Nov 5 1939

Winslow, Kathryn. Poetry World 11:46-48 (Jan- Mar 1940)

The Poet's Work

Bascom, Elva L. Headlight on Books at Penn State 9:4 (Nov 1939)

B[ragdon], E[lspeth] Springfield [Mass.] Republican, May 7 1939, p 7e

Cameron, May. "A New Collection of Millay Poems; After a Preliminary Study of "The Poet's Work" N. Y. Post May 18 1939

Ciardi, John. Michigan Daily, June 3 1939

Craft, Peter. Books, Sept 3 1939, p 12

K. G. N. Knickerbocker News (Albany, N. Y.)

M., J. K. Catholic World 150:118 (Oct 1939)

Morley, Christopher. Boston Transcript, May 6 1939, p 1

New York Herald Tribune Sept 3 1939

New Yorker 15:80 (Apr 22 1939)

Oxford University Press, Bulletin of New Publications

Ritchey, John. Christian Science Monitor, June 17 1939, p 11

Sale, William M., Jr. Poetry 56:222-25 (July 1940)

Smythe, Daniel. Shards 7:22-23 (Summer 1939)

Tobin, J. E. Commonweal 30:192 (June 9 1939)

Map of My Country

Benet, William Rose. Saturday Review of Literature 26:23 (Dec 4 1943)

Booklist 40:193 (Feb 1 1944)

The Bostonian 1:5 (Dec 1943)

Frederick, J. T. Book Week, Nov 7 1943, p 9

Hartford Times, Nov 30 1943

Heller, Melvin S Tuftonian 4:13-14 (Nov 1943)

Lechlitner, Ruth. New York Herald-Tribune Weekly Book Review, Dec 12 1943, p 16

New Yorker 19:110 (Nov 27 1943)

"Poet Now Has Power To Hear Himself as Others Hear Him" Boston Herald Oct 24 1943

"Poetic Country Clearly Mapped by John Holmes" Hartford Daily Times Nov 20 1943

Poster, William. New Republic 109:890 (Dee 20 1943)

Little Treasury of Love Poems

Booklist 47:132 (Dec 1 1950)

Boston Herald Dec 17 1950

Cincinnati Enquirer Nov 25 1950

Cincinnati Guidepost Dec 1950

Christian Century ("Books in Brief") Jan 3 1951

Cleveland Plain Dealer Nov 26 1950

Detroit News Dec 3 1950

"Fine Collection of Love Poems" Dallas Times-Herald Feb 4 1951

Ghiselin, Brewster. Western Review 16:242-48 (Spring 1952)

Hill, Beverly. "Toujours L'Amour"

Humphries, Rolfe. Nation 171:536, (Dec 9 1950)

K. F. C. "Little Treasury of Love Poems Is Fine Anthology" Pasadena Star NewsOct 29 1950

Kirkus 18:449 (Aug 1 1950)

"Love in Rhyme" New Orleans Picayune Oct 29 1950

"Love Poems" Los Angeles Times Nov 5 1950

New York Herald Tribune Jan 7 1951

"Poetry" Quincy Patriot Ledger Oct 26 1950

Poore, Charles. New York Times, Oct 26 1950

Providence Journal Nov 19 1950

Washington Post Dec 3 1950

Wolfe, Ann F. "Fine Addition to 'Little Treasury' Series" Columbus Dispatch Dec 3 1950

The Double Root

Buffalo Evening News Nov 25 1950

Carruth, Hayden. Nation 172:91 (Jan 27 1951)

Hooper, Alysan. "Holmes' Poetry Found Mature And Refreshing" Portland Press Herald Dec 10 1950

Hodsdon, Phyllis A. Tufts Alumni Review 5:25 (Spring 1951)

LaZebnik, Vesta. "For Two Types of Readers" Worcester Telegram Dec 24 1950

McDonald, G. D. Library Journal 76:519 (Mar 15 1951)

"The Poet' s Corner" Trenton Times Dec 10 1950

Providence Journal Nov 19 1950

Ritchie, Carol M. "New Third Volume of Holmes Poetry" Boston Herald, Jan 7 [1950?]

L. D. R. Hopkins Review

Washington Post Jan 7 1951

Wilmington News Nov 27 1950

The Symbols

Barnet, Sylvan. Tufts Alumni Review n s 1: 17 (May 1955)

Francis , Robert "The Symbols" Chautauqua Daily July 18 1955

Writing Poetry

Berkeley Daily Gazette

Booklist 57:84 (Oct 1 1960)

Booth, Philip. Christian Science Monitor, June 29 1960, p 5

Ciardi, John. Tufts Alumni Review 6:18 (Fall 1960)

F., D. Wellesley [Mass.] Townsman, June 23 1960

Horn Book 37:141 (Apr 1961)

Houghton, F. Audience 7:125-26 (Summer 1960)

Kenny, Herbert A. Boston Globe, July 24 1960

Moore, Harry T. Boston Herald, July 17 1960, sect P, p 3

"On Writing Poetry" Oakland [Ca.] June 22 1960

"Prof. Holmes' New Book Claims Poets Not Highbrows Nor Beatniks" Tufts Hilltopper July 6 1960 p.2

Salomon, I. L. Saturday Review 43:30 (Oct 29 1960)

Smith, Ray. Library Journal 85:2790 (Aug 1960)

The Fortune Teller

Booklist 57:564 (May 15 1961)

Booth, Philip. Christian Science Monitor, July 6 1961, p 7

Engle, Paul. New York Herald-Tribune Books, July 30 1961, p 7

Jacobsen, J. Prairie Schooner 36:286-87 (Fall 1962)

Kirkus 29:144 (Feb 1 1961)

Moore, Harry T. "Boston Setting for Poet" Newspaper clipping Apr 30 1961

Nichols, J. Essence 23:10 (Summer 1961)

Smith, Ray. Library Journal 86:1782 (May 1 1961)

Spector, R. D. Saturday Review 44:15 (July 22 1961)

Turco, L. Voices 176:39-43 (Sept - Dec 1961)

Selected Poems

Booth, Philip. Christian Science Monitor, June 24 1965, p 9

Eberhart, Richard. New York Times, Jan 23 1966

Scott, W. T. Saturday Review 48:57 (Oct 9 1965)

The Complete College Reader

Johnson, Philip N. Tufts Alumni Review 5:19 (Winter, 1951)

New Republic Dec 11 1950

"Address to the Living" Federation Topics [1937]

"Address to the Living" [a reading] Harvard Summer School News [1937]

"Along the Row' Will Appear in Book Form" Tufts Weekly Mar 27, 1929.

"And Gladly Teach - Creative Writers as Teachers of English" The CEA Critic Jan 1949

"April Fine Arts Week at Boston College to Close with Writers' Panel" Pilot Mar 25 1961

"Are Professors People?" Saturday Evening Post News Bureau Mar 17

"Are Professors People?" Prevue - Curtis Publication Co. Mar 20 1948

"Atkins Leaves Tufts College Two Dwellings" Boston Globe Nov 15 1942

Baker, Mary. "Meet John Holmes" Concept 51:9 (Mar 1952)

"'Beat' Writer Holmes Lectures on Attitudes Present in 'Movement' " Yale News Apr 21 1959

Benét, William Rose. "The Phoenix Nest" Saturday Review of Literature June 10 1933

Benét, William Rose. "The Phoenix Nest" Saturday Review of Literature Sept 15 1934

Benét, William Rose. "The Phoenix Nest" Saturday Review of Literature Mar 10 1937

"The Book Shelf" American Poetry Journal June 1934

"Boston" [1938]

Boston Herald Sept 20 1933

"Boston Poet Calls Poets Accidents" Hartford Daily Courant Feb 24 1935

"Boston Poet Calls Poets Accidents" Hartford Daily Times Feb 24 1935

"Centenary of Author Aldrich, Observed at Portsmouth Home" Boston Globe June 11 1936

"Centennial Fete Told of Progress"

Ciardi, John. "Poetry in Three Dimensions" Saturday Review 46:22-25 (Apr 20 1963) A discussion of the poems in Poetry in Crystal with some attention to Holmes' "The Certainty"

Ciardi, John. "Praise of Good Teachers" Saturday Review 44:28 (July 8 1961)

"Ciardi as Poet and Educator, Sets High Standard for Both" Sunday Home News New Brunswick, N. J. Mar 23 1958

"Crystal Interpretation of 'The Certainty'; John Holmes' Poem in Glass" Medford Mercury Apr 17 1963


Davidson, John F. "Close-up of an American Poet at 75" New York Times Book Review [1950?]

Dempster, Kay. "John Holmes' Workshop Evokes Poet's Muse" Tufts Hilltopper July 20 1960

"Dr. Karl Menninger to Discuss 'Healthier Than Healthy' Today" Chautauquan Daily Aug 5 1958

"Dr. Salk to Open Midday Lecture Series at Pitt" Pittsburgh Press Oct 6 1957

E. G. R. "Younger Poets Subject of Talk by Mrs. Mansfield at Poetry Group Meeting" Wakefield Daily Item Feb 27 1936

"English Club to Honor Poet" (at Millersville, Pa. State Teacher. College) Oct 9 1957

"Five Nations Represented in Poetry Day Program" Medford Mercury Oct 17 1957

"Five New England Poets Honored" Christian Science Monitor [1959]

"Friends of Library Offer Series of Lectures on Poetry Appreciation by Professor John Holmes of Tufts" Wellesley Townsman Nov 12 1959

Gould, John. "A Price of Paeans and Cukes" Christian Science Monitor [ 1955?]

Gould, John. "Smiles and Drives" Christian Science Monitor May 10 1956

"Guest Poet of LTC Art Festival" Lowell Sun Mar 27 1960

Hanley, Patricia. "Holmes Active on American Poetry Scene" Tufts Weekly May 6 1959

Hayford, Harrison. "The Poetry of John Holmes" Tuftonian 11:90-93 (Apr 1937)

"Hear Professor" Brockton Enterprise & Times Feb 5 1960

Herzberg, Max J. and the Staff of Thomas Y. Crowell Company. The Reader's Encyclopedia of American Literature. NY, Crowell, 1962 ("John Holmes" p 476)

"Holmes Discusses 'Beat Generation' & Literary Criticism" Tufts Weekly Dec 11 1959

"Holmes Is Poet" Palm of Alpha Tau Omega [1937]

"Holmes Reads Poems At STC" Lancaster B. Journal Oct 22 1957

"Holmes to Appear at Lyle Mon" The Snapper Mullersville State Teachers College Oct 16 1957

"Holmes to Give Talk on "Living by Poetry" Hartford Courant 1935

"Holmes to Read from New Book 'Fortune Teller' " Malden News Mar 27 1961

"Holmes to Speak" [1937]

"Holmes to Speak at Poetry Club Meeting" [March 1933?]

"Holmes to Speak in Atlantic City" Tufts Weekly [1957]

"Home Welfare Club" Somerville Journal Dec 15 1933

"In Atlantic Monthly - Poem by John A. Holmes" [Somerville Journal?] [ 1934]

"An Interview with John Holmes" Scribe Fall 1959

"John A. Holmes Reads in Frost Chapel" Tufts Weekly Nov 1934

"John Holmes New Editor of Tufts Weekly" Tufts Weekly

"John Holmes Offers Credit Course in Letter Writing" Chautauquan Daily July 2 1951

"John Holmes Poetry Reading Features New Book Premiere" [Wellesley Townsman?] Mar 9 1961

"John Holmes, Prize-Winning Poet, to Be Guest at Lowell Festival" Burlington News Apr 7 1960

"John Holmes Reads Poetry in Library" [1959]

"John Holmes Reads Verse, Outlines Trend in Poetry" Wakefield, Mass. Apr 8 1938

"John Holmes Sees Poet as His Own Foe" [1939]

"John Holmes to Be Guest Speaker" Pitt News Oct 21 1957

"John Holmes to Speak at Mrs. Paul T. Babson's" Wellesley Townsman Oct 15 1959

"John Holmes Traces Modern Poetry Trend" Chautauquan Daily July 31 1951

Johnson, Geoffrey. "Chorus and Solo" Voices Apr-May 1935

"Judges Announced for 1959 National Book Awards" Publisher's Weekly Oct 6 1958

Kneeland, Paul F. "Tufts Teacher Called Most Promising American Poet" Boston Globe Aug 2 1945

"Last Literary Morning at Copley Plaza Tomorrow" Feb 10 1936

Liounis, Louis. "Five New Poets - Tufts College 1954" Patterns Jan 1955

Loew, Ralph. "From Window"

"Magazine Gives Poetry Citation to Medford Man" Medford Mercury Jan 22 1959

Marshall, George N. "A Memorial Tribute to John Holmes" Tufts Alumni Review Summer 1962 p.37-39

"Mark Van Doren Reads His Poems for New England English Teachers" Newport News Apr 30 1560

"Mark Van Doren Reads Poems for New' England Teachers" Providence Journal Apr 30 1960

"Meals We Like to Remember" American Cookery Oct 1941

Menninger, Karl A. "The Eleventh Commandment" Harper's Magazine Feb 1957

"Merger of Churches Probable" Boston Post May 24 1950

"Merger with Universalists Before Unitarians Thursday" Boston Globe May 24 1950

"Mr. John A. Holmes" Tufts Alumni Bulletin Oct 1933

"Modern Poetry Treats Time-Proved Themes" New Bedford Standard Times Mar 27 1961

"MSTC to Honor Poet John Holmes" [1957]

"N. E. Poetry Award Goes to John Holmes Tonight" [1938]

"New Books at the Library" Medford Record June 2 1939

"News From University of Maine" Bangor News Mar 30 1961

"Newton Teachers to Hear Poet John Holmes" Boston Evening Globe Apr 21 1961

"No Rhyme, Some Reason" Pittsburgh Post Gazette Oct 24 195?

"Outstanding Contemporary Poet Reads Verse for Lasellite" 1950

Palmer, C. B. "Tribute to John Holmes" Boston Evening Transcript Oct 5 1935

"Patricia Adel Builds Prize Library on English Poetry, French Drama" Wellesley College News Apr 9 1959

"Phi Beta Kappa Society Holds Annual Meeting And Exercises" Tufts Weekly May 23 1935

"The Pipers" Mar 27 1929

Pitt [News?] Autumn 1957

"Poet And Federal College Head to Renew Friendship; John A. Holmes Will Be W. B. Gardner's Guest at Campus Thursday" [Feb ? 1935]

"Poet Ciardi, Poet-Teacher Holmes to Speak at MSCT" Lancaster Journal Oct 18 1957

"Poet Gets Noisy Reception Here" Pittsburgh Sun Telegram Oct 24 1957

"Poet Holmes at Seminar" Kennebec Journal Augusta, Me. Aug 9 1960

"Poet John Holmes Reading to a Student Group in The Main Lounge of the Student Union at University of Pittsburgh" [1958]

"Poet John Holmes Receives Recognition for Publications" Tufts Weekly Nov 19 1953

"Poet Professor Will Read at UM" Portland Press Herald Mar 20 1961

'Poet to Give Talk Tuesday" Beaver Valley Times Oct 21 1957

"Poetry Club Speaker Tells of Inspirations And Exhilarations" Hartford Courant Feb 28 1935

[Poetry Contest Announcement] Saturday Review May 26 1956

"Poetry Editor" Poetry Pilot Mar 1 1958

"Poetry Reading Sunday Will Open National Library Week Program" [1959]

"Poetry, the Rediscovery of Words" Christian Science Monitor May 1938

"Poetry Year Review by Transcript Critic" [1936]

"Poets Abandon Attics for Life on Campus" Boston Globe Jan 8 1960

"Prof. Holmes Hymn Debut on Sunday" Medford Mercury May 19 1961

"Professor Holmes Speaks" Providence Bulletin Apr 3 1947

"Prof. Holmes to Publish Book And Lecture at Johns Hopkins" Tufts Weekly Dec 15 1960

"Prof. Holmes, Tufts Poet, Speaks at N. J. Conclave" Medford Mercury Oct 23 1957

"'A Prologue for Poems' in Moult's 'Best Poems of 1930'" Tufts Alumni Review

"Renowned Poet Reads, Interprets Own Work Tonight In Ballroom" Conn. Daily Campus Univ. of Conn., Storrs Mar 21 1960

"The Reviewers Recommend" Boston Evening Transcript Dec 4 1935

Ridlon, H. G. "Salvation Through Total Recall" Literary Review 9:513-28 (Summer 1966)

Riley, Paul and Ed Blake, eds. "An Interview with John Holmes" Scribe 7:41-52 (Fall 1959)

"Robert Frost"

Schenley, Fitzhugh. "New American Poets" Pittsburgh News

"Scribblers Hear Talk on Poetry" Wakefield Daily Item Dec 12 1934

Sinkovich, Kathy. "Ciardi Was Miles Ahead of Class, Says His Teacher" The Snapper Oct 30 1957

Smith, Carole. "Poet John Holmes Receives Recognition for Publications" Tufts Weekly Nov 19 1953

Smith, Chard Powers. "John A. Holmes" American Poetry Journal (Feb 1934) 2-3

Smith, Robert. "Western Star s First Editor [J. Holmes] Grants Interview" Western Star (Western Junior High School, Somerville, Mass.) Oct 1933

"Somerville Poet Recognized" Somerville Journal June 30 1933

Starbird, Adele. "The Eleventh Commandment" St. Louis Post Dispatch Jan 19 1960

Starbird, Adele. "In Defense of Animal Pets" St. Louis Post Dispatch May 12 1959

"Study of Poetry Urged by Editor; John A. Holmes Speaks at Center Church House" Hartford Times Feb 28 [1935?]

Sullivan, William P. "Development of the Poetry of John A. Holmes" (Unpublished Master's thesis, Columbia University, 1948

"Survey of Poetry Course Hears Four Famous Poets" Tufts Weekly May 20, 1954

Syer, Warren B. "An Interview with John Holmes" The Radiator (Somerville High School) Apr 1940

"To Close Series" New Bedford Standard Times Mar 25 1961

"To Talk on Gurney" [1947]

"Trade Winds" Saturday Review of Literature Oct 26 1933

"Transcript Critic Guest in Virginia" [1937]

"Tufts Phi Beta Kappa Poem" Somerville Journal May 24 [1935?]

"Tufts Poet" Tufts Alumni Review

"Tufts Professor Talks on Frost at Hanover" Concord Monitor & N. H. Patriot Dec 5 1953

"Tufts Professor to Give Poetry Talk at Assembly" Quincy Patriot Ledger Feb 2 1960

"Tufts Publishes Poems Written by John A. Holmes" Boston Transcript Apr 3 1929

"Tufts Publishing Poems by Senior" [1929?]

"Tufts Teacher Called Most Promising American Poet" Boston Globe Aug 2 1945

"Turncoat Author" Saturday Evening Post [1959]

"Two College Programs Open to Public" Wellesley Townsman Mar 2 1961

"250 to Attend MSTC Tea for Poet Holmes" New Era (Lancaster, Pa.) Sept 28 1957

"Undergraduates Publish Poetry Book" Tufts Weekly May 13 1954

"Who Are the Poets?" [1956]

Williams, William Carlos. "Voices in Verse" New York Times [1951?]

"Winning Fame in Poetry; John Albert Holmes, Jr. Has Poems in Current Magazines" Somerville Journal Mar 1934

Boston Globe, June 23 and 24 1962

Boston Herald, June 23 1962

Ciardi, John. "Green Wreath Deserved" Saturday Review 45:13 (Aug 11 1962)

Hilltopper, July 5 1962

"John Holmes" Writer 75:21 (Sept 1962)

Medford Mercury, June 25 1962

New York Times, June 23 and 24 1962

Tufts Alumni Review 8:2 (Summer 1962)