[In the following review, Stone examines God and the American Writer, and offers a laudatory assessment of the volume as well as of Kazin's role as an "Apostle" of American letters.]

A highly respected American literary critic, Kazin is best known for his essay collections The Inmost Leaf (1955), Contemporaries (1962), and On Native Grounds (1942), a study of American prose writing since the era of William Dean Howells. In the following essay, he details the rise of the Jewish-American writer.

[Berman is an American educator, author, and critic. In the following review, he offers praise for A Lifetime Burning in Every Moment.]

[Benfey is an American educator and critic. The following is his commendatory review of Writing Was Everything.]

[In the following review, Scott provides a commendatory analysis of God and the American Writer.]

[In the following essay, Schuessler surveys Kazin's life and works, and includes commentary from the author.]

[Alter is an American translator, author, and critic. In the following review, he offers a laudatory assessment of A Lifetime Burning in Every Moment.]

[In the following review, Adams offers high praise for Kazin's body of work, including Writing Was Everything.]

[In the following essay, Delbanco surveys Kazin's life and career, noting his numerous achievements.]

[Wilentz is an American educator and critic; he is the Drayton-Stockton Professor of History and director of the American studies program at Princeton University. In the following essay, he examines Kazin's life and work, applauding the author's accomplishments as a writer and historian.]

[In the following review, Herman lauds God and the American Writer.]

[Hart is an American educator, editor, and critic. In the following review, he offers a mixed assessment of God and the American Writer.]

[In the following excerpt, Pinsker surveys Writing Was Everything, concluding that Kazin "worries that writing will no longer be everything, at the same time he keeps insisting that it must be precisely that."]

[Atlas is an American editor and author of Delmore Schwartz: The Life of An American Poet. In the following review, he offers a generally favorable assessment of Writing Was Everything.]

[Following is Brown's positive review of A Lifetime Burning in Every Moment.]

[In the following review, Brown provides a summary of Writing Was Everything.]

[In the following review, Brown offers a highly laudatory assessment of An American Procession.]

[Wallace is an American critic and author of Life in the Balance, a companion volume to the PBS Audubon television specials of the same name. In the following review, he offers a largely favorable assessment of A Writer's America.]

[In the following excerpt, Samwa applauds A Lifetime Burning in Every Moment.]

[In the following excerpt, Cohen provides a laudatory review of A Writer's America.]