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- 1 2 Grimes, William (June 25, 2010). "Ben Sonnenberg, Founder of Literary Journal, Dies at 73". The New York Times.
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- ↑ Sonnenberg, Ben (2020). Lost Property: Memoirs and Confessions of a Bad Boy. New York: New York Review of Books. p. 202. ISBN 9781681374222.
