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- ↑ Texas Tech University Press - The Waltz He Was Born For: An Introduction to the Writing of Walt McDonald
- ↑ Walter McDonald: An Inventory of His Papers, 1945-2003 and undated, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library
- ↑ McDonald Home Page
- ↑ Walt McDonald – Abilene Christian University
- ↑ Two Poems by Walter McDonald
