Coleman, James W., Blackness and Modernism, University Press of Mississippi, 1989.

Discusses Wideman's career in terms of his reorientation within the African-American community and cultural setting.

Mbalia, Dorothea Drummond. John Edgar Wideman, Susquehanna University Press, 1995.

Analyzes the early works of Wideman's career as Eurocentric and the later works as indicative of his effort to reclaim the African personality.

TuSmith, Bonnie, editor. Conversations with John Edgar Wideman, University Press of Mississippi, 1998.

A collection of interviews with Wideman.