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- ↑ Ryan Porter, "ReLit concludes month-long awards celebration by announcing 2020 winners" Archived 2021-05-03 at the Wayback Machine . Quill & Quire , April 30, 2021.
- ↑ Rob Taylor, "Therapy for me and an education for others: An interview with Cassandra Blanchard" Archived 2021-05-03 at the Wayback Machine . Read Local BC, April 23, 2019.
- ↑ "Cassandra Blanchard: On Her “Love” Poems and Writing Her First Poetry Collection" Archived 2022-11-24 at the Wayback Machine . Room , Spring 2020.
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