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- ↑ Feigel, Lara (14 March 2020), "The Voice in My Ear by Frances Leviston review – sly, truthful stories", The Guardian .
- ↑ https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/frances.leviston
- ↑ "High force". The New Yorker . 95 (14): 35. 27 May 2019.
