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- ↑ "Novelist Sledge finds oneness with poet Bishop". SFGate.com , August 31, 2010.
- ↑ "Questions of Travel". The New York Times , July 9, 2010.
- ↑ "Publishing Triangle Award Winners". Lambda Literary Foundation, April 29, 2011.
- ↑ "Lambda Literary Awards Finalists Unveiled". Adweek , March 16, 2011.
- 1 2 "Mother and Son: A Memoir". Publishers Weekly , September 4, 1995.
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