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- ↑ "Girl". The New Yorker. 19 June 1978. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
- ↑ Bailey, Carol (October 2010). "Performance and the Gendered Body in Jamaica Kincaid's 'Girl' and Oonya Kempadoo's Buxton Spice" . Academic Source Complete. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
- ↑ Bellalouna, Elizabeth; LaBlanc, Michael; Milne, Ira (2000). "Overview: "Girl"". Literature Resource Center. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
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