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- ↑ Public Notice: Psychogeographers Navigate New York City's Changing Landscape Archived 2008-01-30 at the Wayback Machine by Bryan Zimmerman, the Village Voice May 7–13, 2003
- ↑ The Last Days of Loserville by Joy Press The Village Voice, March 1, 2005
- ↑ A Case for Boston as a Liquid not a Solid by Catherine D'Ignazio, Rhizomes 13
- ↑ Say It Isn't So: No, It's NoSo by Rose Miller, Mother Jones, January 26, 2008