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- ↑ "Nonfiction Book Review: Radio on: A Listener's Diary by Sarah Vowell, Author". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
- ↑ Weingarten, Marc (February 12, 1997). "Radio On: A Listener's Diary by Sarah Vowell". City Pages.
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