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- ↑ pw.org
- ↑ arts.endow.gov Archived August 25, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ NEA 2007 Grant Awards: Literature Fellowships (Poetry) Archived February 6, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ National Endowment for the Arts > 40 Years of Supporting American Writers Archived August 11, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "When She Named Fire edited by Andrea Hollander Budy", Cold Front, April 27, 2009.
