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References
- ↑ "Jennie Renton Interviews Anne MacLeod". Scottish Review of Books. October 28, 2009.
- ↑ "The Poetry of Anne MacLeod". Poetry Salzburg Review (1). Spring 2001.
- ↑ "Anne MacLeod". Scottish Poetry Library.
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