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- ↑ "Biography at DavidGarland.com". Archived from the original on 2016-02-09. Retrieved 2016-01-04.
- ↑ David Garland at Discogs.com
- ↑ Conversations with the Cinnamon Skeleton reviewed at FolkRadio.co.uk
- ↑ Spinning on Air at WNYC.org
- ↑ https://spinningonair.org/ Spinning On Air Podcast home page
- ↑ Movies on the Radio program description, WQXR.org
- ↑ Old School program description, WQXR.org
- ↑ "Biography at DavidGarland.com". Archived from the original on 2016-02-09. Retrieved 2016-01-04.
- ↑ Index of David Garland's stories at NPR.org
- ↑ David Garland Talks Deradoorian’s The Expanding Flower Planet, August 26, 2015.
