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- 1 2 Jones, Courteney (April 5, 2015). "Susan Cerulean speaks up for Florida in memoir". Tallahassee Democrat.
- ↑ "Susan Cerulean Connects Personal And Universal Ecologies In Her Latest Book". WFSU News. October 13, 2020.
- ↑ Bancroft, Colette (November 7, 2020). "Susan Cerulean's memoir mourns decline of father, planet". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
- ↑ Cerulean, Susan (November 21, 2005). Tracking Desire: A Journey After Swallow-tailed Kites. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 9780820326979 – via Google Books.
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