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- ↑ Young Chicago Authors homepage
- ↑ Coming Up Taller awards 2009
- 1 2 3 Amberg, Jay, introduction to Inside Job, Puddin'head Press, Chicago, 2003 ISBN 0-9724339-1-0
- ↑ Northwestern University
- ↑ Chicago Sun-Times, January 25, 1988, cited at highbeam.com
- ↑ Boone, Bob, Inside Job: A Life of Teaching, Puddin Head Press, 2003 ISBN 978-0-9724339-1-4
- ↑ Chicago Tribune, March 7, 2004
- ↑ Past Honorees Chicagoans of the Year: 1994–2007