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- 1 2 Snake Nation Press -Dwight Yates, titles and information Archived July 27, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
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- ↑ NEA FY 2008 grant awards - Literature Fellowships (Prose) Archived November 25, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
