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- ↑ "Aspen Institute Announces the Longlist for the 2019 Aspen Words Literary Prize". The Aspen Institute. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
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- ↑ "The Removed - Western Heritage Award Winner". National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. Retrieved December 17, 2024.
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