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- 1 2 3 "Dating and Vulnerability: Sherren Lee and Jesse LaVercombe on The Things You Think I’m Thinking". Film International, April 26, 2018.
- ↑ "Outfest ’18 Interview: Sherren Lee on the Mind Games of “The Things You Think I’m Thinking”". The Movable Feast, July 14, 2018.
- ↑ "Actor who lost his arms — and nearly his life — in fire reaches new stage". Toronto Star , June 1, 2016.
- ↑ "And the Winners of Outfest 2018 Are...". The Advocate , July 23, 2018.
