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- ↑ Brenda F. Berrian; Aart G. Broek (1989). Bibliography of Women Writers from the Caribbean: 1831-1986. Three Continents Press. p. x. ISBN 978-0-89410-600-2.
- 1 2 Karen E. Sumner (1998). Whiteness and Women's Writing in the Caribbean (PDF) (Thesis). The University of Western Ontario. p. 101.
- ↑ Evelyn O'Callaghan (2004). Women Writing the West Indies, 1804-1939: 'A Hot Place, Belonging To Us'. Routledge. pp. 84–5, 98, 103. ISBN 1-134-44096-0.
- ↑ Kim Robinson-Walcott (2006). Out of Order!: Anthony Winkler and White West Indian Writing. University of the West Indies Press. p. 176. ISBN 978-976-640-172-6.
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