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- ↑ Author Page > University of Akron Press > Requiem for the Orchard
- ↑ "New York Foundation for the Arts > 2005 NYFA Fellows & Panelists" . Retrieved Aug 29, 2019.
- ↑ "Artist Trust > 2009 GAP Grant Recipient Profiles" . Retrieved Aug 29, 2019.
- ↑ Virginia Quarterly Review > Winter 2008 > Nocturne with a Dictator by Oliver de la Paz
- ↑ "From the Fishouse > Oliver de la Paz Bio" . Retrieved Aug 29, 2019.
- ↑ "Oliver de la Paz | College of the Holy Cross". www.holycross.edu. Retrieved Aug 29, 2019.
- ↑ "Kundiman Website > Who We Are" . Retrieved Aug 29, 2019.
- ↑ "Author Page > Southern Illinois University Press > Oliver de la Paz" . Retrieved Aug 29, 2019.
