Domestico 2018: "Johnson died last year, and the posthumously published The Largesse of the Sea Maiden is his first story collection since Jesus's Son." Domestico, Anthony (January 11, 2018). "A dark world in gem-like sentences". The Boston Globe. Retrieved September 11, 2022.
Gold 2018: "Later, at the American Advertisers Awards in New York City, the narrator mistakes the son of a man he used to work with for his father, but momentarily forgets this lesson and tells the son to say hello to his father anyway, as they part ways." Gold, Hannah (January 12, 2018). "Denis Johnson and the Ghost of Elvis Presley". The Village Voice. Retrieved September 15, 2022.
Gold 2018: "After that the storyteller goes walking through the city, "snow six inches deep," and eventually follows the wafting tune of a piano into a bar, where he listens to a woman tell him her troubles." Gold, Hannah (January 12, 2018). "Denis Johnson and the Ghost of Elvis Presley". The Village Voice. Retrieved September 15, 2022.
English 2019: "...Whit receives a call from an ailing ex-wife, asking him to apologize for his "crimes" in the marriage. Whit is willing, but not clear which of his two ex-wives is speaking. He apologizes because the crimes are likely the same in both cases, and his ex-wife can die comfortably." English, Sandy (January 15, 2019). "The Largesse of the Sea Maiden—Short stories by American author Denis Johnson". World Socialist Web Site. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
English 2019: "Whit meets Tony's friends at a memorial, but none of them know each other. They assume that he knew the dead man best, when, in fact, Whit feels that he knew him only a little. Whit is bequeathed a cookbook of the artist's mother's recipes that documents a fall into alcoholism." English, Sandy (January 15, 2019). "The Largesse of the Sea Maiden—Short stories by American author Denis Johnson". World Socialist Web Site. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
English 2019: "In Largesse of the Sea Maiden, the world, on the surface, is more stable than in either Jesus' Son or Tree of Smoke. Rather than a self-indulgent free-for-all, or a devastating war, there are in these stories the confines of jobs, rehab centers, even—perhaps symbolically—prison..." And: "The most effective piece in the collection..." English, Sandy (January 15, 2019). "The Largesse of the Sea Maiden—Short stories by American author Denis Johnson". World Socialist Web Site. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
