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Read Mosab Abu Toha's statement on the destruction of the Edward Said Library in Gaza.

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Make 2025 the year you read more books in translation.

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Stuck in a reading rut? Sign up for the annual Free Black Women's Library Reading Challenge.

Stuck in a reading rut? Sign up for the annual Free Black Women's Library Reading Challenge.

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You can now find Jhumpa Lahiri's first drafts at the New York Public Library.

You can now find Jhumpa Lahiri's first drafts at the New York Public Library.

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