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- ↑ Goyette, Sue (2017). The 2017 Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology: A Selection of the Shortlist The Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology. House of Anansi. ISBN 978-1487002336.
- ↑ Goyette, Sue (2017). The 2017 Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology: A Selection of the Shortlist The Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology. House of Anansi. ISBN 978-1487002336.
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