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- ↑ A Reader's Companion to the Short Story in English. Routledge, 2013. ISBN 9781135976224. Page 102.
- ↑ Allen, Bruce (3 December 1983). "MacArthur Award winners produce two of season's best; Cathedral, by Raymond Carver. New York: Alfred A. Knopf Inc. 228 pp. $13.95 - The Cannibal Galaxy, by Cynthia Ozick. New York: Alfred A. Knopf Inc. 162 pp. $11.95". The Christian Science Monitor.
- ↑ Coale, Samuel (8 January 1984). "Books Joyless lives hide surprise". The Providence Journal.