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- ↑ ‘An Interview with Edward Dorn’ by John Wright (1990), Chicago Review, 49.3/4 & 50.1, Edward Dorn: American Heretic, ed. by Eirik Steinhoff (Summer 2004), pp. 167-215.
- ↑ Edward Dorn, Slinger, (Wingbow Press, Berkeley CA, 1975).
- ↑ Edward Dorn, Gunslinger, (Duke University Press, Durham NC, 1989).
- ↑ Dorn, Edward (1989). Gunslinger. Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0-8223-0932-1.
- ↑ "Electronic Poetry Center". writing.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
- ↑ Foundation, Poetry (2024-04-16). "Edward Dorn". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
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