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- ↑ Alice James Books Website > New England/New York Award Winners List
- ↑ John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum website > News Release
- ↑ "Read by Author | Ploughshares".
- ↑ Alice James Books Website, See Author Pages, "About the Author"
- ↑ "School of Arts & Sciences". Colby-Sawyer College. Colby-Sawyer College. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
- ↑ Alice James Books > Award Winners Archived 2008-07-09 at the Wayback Machine