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"citation": "Park, Betty. \"Fiber Art: An Uncommon Thread.\" Fiberarts, March/April 1982. Loveland, CO: Interweave Press LLC.",
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"citation": "Tawney, Lenore, Kathleen Nugent Mangan, and George Erml. Lenore Tawney: A Retrospective : American Craft Museum, New York. New York: Rizzoli, 1990.",
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"citation": "WIlson, Anne. \"A Plea for Broader Dialogue.\" Fiberarts, Summer 1994. Loveland, CO: Interweave Press LLC.",
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"citation": "Stein, Judith E. \"The Inventive Genius of Lenore Tawney.\" Fiberarts, September 1995, Vol. 24, no. 2. Loveland, CO: Interweave Press LLC.",
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"citation": "Kingsley, April. \"Unraveling the weave.\" Fiberarts, March / April 1995, Vol. 21, Loveland, CO: Interweave Press LLC.",
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"citation": "Russell, Carol. \"An Emissary for American Artists.\" Fiberarts, November 1996. Loveland, CO: Interweave Press LLC.",
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