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- 1 2 3 Eire, Carlos. "Carlos Eire Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-04-17. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
- ↑ "National Book Awards – 2003". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
(With acceptance speech by Eire and introduction by nonfiction panelist Jonathan Kirsch.) - 1 2 Eire, Carlos M. N. (2004). Waiting for snow in Havana : confessions of a Cuban boy (1st Free Press paperback ed.). New York: Free Press. ISBN 0-7432-4641-1. OCLC 53906725.
