Talk:Daniel Tobin

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Hey Drmies,

This is the information I have to cite different points in this article. Due to my COI, I would appreciate help to quickly and accurately cite sections.

For the Bio section about Daniel Tobin, I have:

Tobin, Daniel. Awake in America. South Bend: University of Notre Dame, 2011. Page 324ff.

Under Reception of the Poetry, I have:

Tobin, Daniel. Where the World is Made. Middlebury; Middlebury College Press, 1999. There is an Amazon link with endorsements. https://www.amazon.com/Where-World-Made-Bakeless-Prize/dp/087451956X

Tobin, Daniel. Double Life. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2004. There is an LSU Press website for link with endorsements. https://lsupress.org/books/detail/double-life/

Tobin, Daniel. The Narrows. Four Way Books, 2005. Tobin, Daniel. Second Things. Four Way Books, 2008. Tobin, Daniel. Belated Heavens. Four Way Books, 2010. Tobin, Daniel. The Net. Four Way Books, 2014. Tobin, Daniel. From Nothing. Four Way Books, 2016. Tobin, Daniel. Blood Labors. Four Way Books, 2018. Tobin, Daniel. The Mansions. Four Way Books, 2023. Endorsements are quoted on Fourwaybooks.com/site/daniel-tobin

Tobin, Daniel. The Stone in the Air. Salmon Publishing, Ireland Cliffs 0f Moher, 2018. Endorsements quoted here: https://www.amazon.com/Stone-Air-Suite-Forty-Poems/dp/1910669695

Most of the endorsements and awards are on the back covers of his books or noted on various publishing or distributing websites, and I would appreciate further advice on how to accurately cite these sources.

Thank you, ```` CWEaccount (talk) 17:32, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

OK, that's a start. But! we don't cite blurbs, which is the stuff on the back covers and on Amazon pages. Those are written on commission, typically--I wrote some myself, and I shouldn't be quoted. What you need to do is look for reviews. Go to JSTOR (your library has access to it, no doubt), and look for reviews of his work: I believe I gave you a link earlier of one review of an academic book of his. That kind of material is secondary. Same with biographical material, though we typically allow a bit of leeway: the difficulty for this man is likely not going to be finding secondary material on his books (though for the poetry you'll have to look in different magazines/publications than for his academic work), but the biography, the basic biographical facts beyond just the jobs he had. Go through JSTOR first, search for his name, and either select or add "review". Your librarian can help you with this too. Yes, it's work--but guess what: when you're done you will have developed a very helpful skill. Good luck. Drmies (talk) 17:41, 22 September 2023 (UTC)