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This week's news in Venn diagrams.

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Announcing the winner of the Restless Books 2025 Kellman Prize for New Immigrant Writing.

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Here are the winners of the Whiting Foundation’s 2025 Nonfiction Grant.

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You can help build the first public library in Gaza since the genocide began.

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