Bowen, Zack. Padraic Colum: A Biographical-Critical Introduction.

Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1970. Bowen was a friend of Colum's as well as a student of his work, and Colum helped him to prepare this study. It contains an account of Colum's life and separate chapters describing and evaluating his poetry, drama, fiction, biographies, and essays.

Colum, Padraic. Story Telling, New & Old. New York: Macmillan, 1968. This essay was originally part of The Fountain of Youth. It is a clear, concise, and appealing account of Colum's ideas about storytelling that underlie his work with the legends and folktales of Hawaii.

Sternlicht, Sanford. Padraic Colum.

Boston: Twayne, 1985. This book, like Bowen's, is a comprehensive account of Colum's life and work. It includes a useful bibliography of works by and about Colum.

Trilling, Lionel. "Mr. Colum's Greeks."

Griffin (December 1956): 4-15. Trilling evaluates the artistic achievement and cultural significance of...