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- ↑ Biography, Dalai Lama film
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- ↑ "Singers perform poetry in 'Matchbook'". Merciad.
- ↑ Forsthoefel named Poet Laureate, Mercyhurst College
- ↑ Boyd, Brandon (22 June 2011). "Erie County poet laureate gets second year in post". Erie Times-News. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
- ↑ Longman, Jeré (10 August 2011). "All-Nighters for a Football Team During Ramadan". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
- ↑ Google Books