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{{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help) - ↑ Sutphen, Joyce; Tammaro, Thom; Wanek, Connie (2006-01-01). To Sing Along the Way: Minnesota Women Poets from Pre-Territorial Days to the Present. New Rivers Press. ISBN 9780898232325.
- ↑ Mike Edgerly (May 9, 2003). "Preserving in verse the memory of loved ones lost to cancer". Minnesota Public Radio.
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