Bryant, Jerry H. "Politics and the Black Novel," in The Nation, Vol. 212, No. 14, April 5, 1971, pp. 436-38.

Reviews The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, describing it as an "epic poem." The critic writes: "Literally, it is an account of Jane's life. Figuratively, it is a metaphor of the collective black experience."

Burke, William. "Bloodline: A Black Man's South," in CLA Journal, Vol. XIX, No. 4, June, 1976, pp. 545-58.

Summarizes Bloodline, noting of the work: "The five stories in [this] collection demonstrate their excellence in two ways; they are human stories—moving, humorous, ironic; and they are symbolic—which tradition tells us is a quality of great literature."