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- ↑ David Ward, 6 June 2006, The Guardian, People, Retrieved 22 July 2015, "...Other poets lined up include ... Josephine Dickinson, ..."
- 1 2 3 JAMES LONGENBACH, 22 July 2007, The New York Times, Writing in the Margins, Retrieved 22 July 2015, "...Josephine Dickinson ...When they married, she was 41; he was in his late 80s. Their six years together is the subject of "Silence Fell," ...deaf since childhood..."
- ↑ "Josephine Dickinson". poetryfoundation.org. Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
- ↑ NYT editors, 29 July 2007, The New York Times, Editor's Choice, Retrieved 22 July 2015, "...SILENCE FELL, by Josephine Dickinson. (Houghton Mifflin, $22.) The British poet, deaf since childhood, writes about her six-year marriage to a sheep farmer twice her age...."
- ↑ 25 March 2007, Katie Peterson, Chicago Tribune, New collections showcase: sensuality, directness and the power of thought, Retrieved 22 July 2015, "..."Silence Fell," British poet Josephine Dickinson's American debut, is about sheep farming and love. ... her best when she addresses love directly..."
- ↑ Newman, Amy (8 April 2007). "A landscape of history, nature and survival (Review of Silence Fell)". Chicago Sun-Times.
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