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- ↑ Hemmingson, Michael A., "William T. Vollmann: A Critical Study and Seven Interviews" (McFarland, 2009), p. 32
- ↑ "The Cloud-Shirt « the Pandemonium of the Sun". www.pandemoniumofthesun.com. Archived from the original on 7 September 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ↑ McCaffery/Hemmingson "Expelled from Eden: A William T. Vollmann Reader" (Thunder's Mouth, 2004), p. 450
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