Further Reading
- Book Magazine, July/August 2001 ("John Irving Wrestles Fate" by Dorman T. Shindler)
- Pages Magazine, July/August 2005 ("The Creative Crucible" by Dorman T. Shindler)
- Portland Magazine, May 2012 ("Singular First Person," interview by Colin W. Sargent)
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