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- ↑ "Dante: Inferno to Paradise". ThinkTV . Retrieved March 17, 2024.
- ↑ Galuppo, Mia (April 8, 2021). "Ken and Ric Burns on Ernest Hemingway, Oliver Sacks and Their Working Relationship". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved March 17, 2024.
- ↑ Smith, Stephen (March 16, 2024). "'Dante: Inferno to Paradise' Review: A Divine PBS Documentary". The Wall Street Journal . Retrieved March 17, 2024.