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- ↑ Maynard, Guy and Holt, Kathleen (editors) Best Essays Northwest, University of Oregon Press, March 2003, Paperback, 240 pages, ISBN 0-87114-303-8.
- ↑ "Best Essays NW: Perspectives from Oregon Quarterly" ~ Powell's Books review
- ↑ Strelow, Michael H. (editor) Kesey, University of Oregon Press, 2001, Paperback, 197 pages, ISBN 0-87114-046-2.
- ↑ Kesey ~ Powell's Books review
- ↑ Strelow, Michael H. (editor) An Anthology of Northwest Writing: 1900–1950, University of Oregon Press, 2001, Paperback, 303 pages, ISBN 0-87114-047-0.
- ↑ Anthology of Northwest Writing ~ Amazon.com
- ↑ Dialogues With Northwest Writers, University of Oregon Press, 2001, Paperback, 284 pages, ISBN 0-87114-048-9.
- ↑ Dialogues With Northwest Writers ~ Powell's Books review
- ↑ Warnings: An Anthology on the Nuclear Peril, University of Oregon Press, 2001, paperback 220 pages, ISBN 0-87114-045-4.
- ↑ Warnings: An Anthology on the Nuclear Peril ~ Amazon.com