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- ↑ Merrell, Susan Scarf (25 November 2013). "Still Loyal to the Sentence". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved 2019-01-22.
- ↑ The Art of the Sentence: Susan Scarf Merrell | Tin House
- ↑ Stony Brook University - MFA in Creative Writing & Literature People
- ↑ "LI writer's novel now new Elisabeth Moss movie". Newsday. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
