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- 1 2 The End of the Line: Terrance Hayes and Formal Innovation, by Dora Malech, in The Kenyon Review ; published December 22, 2016; retrieved February 15, 2020
- ↑ Golden Shovel: Poetic Form, by Robert Lee Brewer, in Writer's Digest ; published June 24, 2014; retrieved February 15, 2020
- ↑ Claudia Rankine on the Legacy of Gwendolyn Brooks, by Claudia Rankine, in The New York Times ; published July 31, 2017; retrieved February 15, 2020
- ↑ Introduction: The Golden Shovel, by Don Share, originally published in Poetry , February 2017 issue; archived online February 1, 2017; retrieved February 15, 2020
- ↑ Inventing a New Poetic Form To Honor Gwendolyn Brooks: A Roundtable Conversation With Poets from The Golden Shovel Anthology, at LitHub ; published June 7, 2017; retrieved February 15, 2020
- ↑ Foreword to The Golden Shovel Anthology, by Terrance Hayes, published February 2017 by University of Arkansas Press, excerpted at the Poetry Society