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- ↑ "Rome Prize Fellows | American Academy in Rome". www.aarome.org. Retrieved 2017-11-19.
- ↑ www.675plus.com. "Creative Writing MFA Alumni & Student Publications". www.hunter.cuny.edu. Retrieved 2017-11-19.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "Liz Moore - Department of English". Department of English. Retrieved 2017-11-19.
- ↑ Moore, Liz (2012-03-22). "A Family Fairy Tale, Twice Told — Modern Love". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2017-11-19.
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