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    Cover of Banned Books, Crop Tops, and Other Bad Influences
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    Banned Books, Crop Tops, and Oth­er Bad Influences
    Brig­it Young
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    Franz Boas: In Praise of Open Minds
    Noga Arikha
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    Jo-Ann Mort
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    Shari Rabin
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    Cor­rect­ing the Injus­tice of For­get­ting: The Black Ange­lenos of Sug­ar Hill

    Kyra Davis Lurie
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    A Few Words in Defense of Our Country
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    Mai­monides and the Giv­ing Season 

    Richard Michel­son
    January 6, 2025
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