In the following interview, translated by Elsie B. Adams, Dalton discusses the relationship between ideology and literature, especially as it pertains to his work.

In the following excerpt, Beverley and Zimmerman discuss the relation of Dalton's poetry to the historical events and the revolutionary movements of Central America in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s.

In the following review, Jacobson compares Dalton to Latin American poets Otto René Castillo and César Vallejo, and, although recognizing Dalton's power as a poet, reproaches him for being “intellectual,” and for what he sees as Dalton's tendency to criticize “bourgeois” institutions using “bourgeois” standards and means, rather than writing “from the perspective of the working class.”

In the following essay, Arias offers a brief account of Dalton's formative influences and outlines the role of his ideology in the formation of his prose and poetry.

In the following review, King emphasizes the qualities of revolutionary joy and wonder Dalton celebrated in his poetry.

In the following review, Searle praises Dalton's “poetic genius.”

In the following review of Un libro levemente odioso, a posthumous collection of Dalton's poetry, Menton singles out for special praise Dalton's poems questioning orthodox communist ideology.

In the following review, the writer gives a thumbnail sketch of Dalton's work, praising his extravagance, wry sense of humor, and iconoclasm.