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- ↑ Edwin McDowell, "One step back for Joyce's 'Ulysses'", The Tuscaloosa News , 1 July 1990, p. 4D. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ↑ Friedberg, Errol C. (2004). The Writing Life of James D. Watson. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. ISBN 0-87969-700-8.
