Writings about Alan Lomax

Alan Lomax: The Man Who Recorded the World
John Szwed has written a fascinating biography of Alan Lomax and provides a compelling account of the era's cultural and political climate. Available through Viking Adult on December 30, 2010.

Alan Lomax, Assistant In Charge:
The Library Of Congress Letters, 1935-1945 Edited by Ronald D. Cohen

Alan Lomax worked for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress from 1936 to late 1942. These collected letters are a trove of information until now available only at the Library of Congress. Ronald D. Cohen was also the editor of Alan Lomax: Selected Writings 1934-1997.

L'anno più felice della mia vita
Alan Lomax's photos and diaries of his 1954-55 fieldwork in Italy. Edited and with an Introduction by Goffredo Plastino. Preface, Martin Scorsese. Memoir by Anna L. Wood. Il Saggiatore, 2008.