"Steven J. Backman Featured on CBS13, January 17, 2008"
"Steven J. Backman Featured on KTVU.com, December 3, 2007"
"toothpick art"-designboom weblog, May 2007
"What a big idea"-Sunday Daily News, April 15, 2007
"Steven J. Backman Featured in The Wall Street Journal Online, March 30, 2007"
"Steven J. Backman Featured on Kerrang Radio, January 8, 2007"
"Steven J. Backman Featured on French American TV, August 31, 2006"
"Toothpick Sculptures at Empire State Building"-AOL CitiGuide New York, April/May 2006
"Art MoCo"-Modern Contemporary Art, October 29, 2005
"Making Toothpicks into Art"-The Daily Journal, July 25, 2005
"His dentist would be so proud"-Los Angeles Times, February 13, 2005
"Toothpick Tenacity"-Woodezine, February 2005
Meet Your Neighbor:"The Toothpick Sculptor"-The Wave Magazine, January 2004