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    Dodo’s Grad­u­a­tion

    Olga Zil­ber­bourg
    February 3, 2025
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    Olive Days
    Jes­si­ca Eli­she­va Emerson
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    The Bit­ter­sweet Beau­ty in Some­thing Irre­triev­ably Lost: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Sam­my Harkham, illus­tra­tor of the cov­er of the eighth issue of Paper Brigade 

    Bec­ca Kantor
    September 2, 2024
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    Taffy Brodess­er-Akn­er
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    Declas­si­fied: The Women Using Math to Fight Back Dur­ing WWII

    Cam­bria Gordon
    June 24, 2024
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    Acad­e­mia and Israeli Expats: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Maya Arad

    Ranen Omer-Sher­man
    March 18, 2024
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    Sub­cul­ture Vul­ture: A Mem­oir in Six Scenes
    Moshe Kash­er
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    Gang­sters Don’t Die
    Tod Gold­berg
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    Out­side Voic­es: A Mem­oir of the Berke­ley Revolution
    Joan Gelfand
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    The Dis­card­ed Life
    Adam Kirsch
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    The World Is End­ing in Every Generation

    Nao­mi Krupitsky
    November 5, 2021
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    Nick Davis
    October 11, 2021
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