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Swans, Sandra L. Toni Cade Bambara. 2010. GALE|PC4295809271. Biography in 
     Context. Web. 26 Mar. 2015. 

"'Gorilla, My Love' was first published in the November 1971 issue of Redbook Magazine with the title "I Ain't Playin, I'm Hurtin." A year later, it became the title story in Bambara's first short story collection" (Milne 116).

'Happy Birthday" was first published in a book titled What's Happening by Toni Cade Bambara. See the short story document for more information. 

Barbara C. Solaro: American Writers: A Collection of Literary Biographies, Supplement 11. Ed. Jay Parini. New York:  Scribner's, 1-23 (2007).