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- ↑ "Les carnets de l’underground et le désir d'exulter". Ici Radio-Canada, February 4, 2021.
- ↑ Ashley Fish-Robertson, "Pursuing Pleasure: A review of Scenes from the Underground by Gabriel Cholette". Montreal Review of Books, December 22, 2022.
- ↑ Christian Saint-Pierre, "Riches heures des écritures de soi". Le Devoir , January 16, 2021.
- ↑ "Scenes from the Underground". CBC Books, September 20, 2022.
- ↑ Cassandra Drudi, "Memoir, short story collection, and play named 2023 Dayne Ogilvie Prize finalists". Quill & Quire , September 13, 2023.
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