Binder, Wolfgang. "A MELUS Interview with Adrienne Kennedy," in MELUS: The Journal of the Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States, Fall, 1985, p. 99.

This interview with Kennedy includes a discussion of race, culture, and her artistic development.

Bryant-Jackson, Paul K. and Lois More Overbeck, eds. Intersecting Boundaries: The Theatre of Adrienne Kennedy, University of Minnesota Press, 1992, 254 p.

A collection of critical essays on Kennedy's plays.

Farber, David R. The Age of Great Dreams: America in the 1960s, Hill & Wang, 1994, 296 p.

A historical overview of the 1960s, Farber's book covers political, social, and cultural history, including the civil rights movement.

Kennedy, Adrienne. People Who Led to My Plays, Alfred A. Knopf, 1997, 125 p.

A nontraditional autobiography that uses vignettes and photographs from Kennedy's life to explore her influences and interests.