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- ↑ "Announcing the 2024 Guggenheim Fellows". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. April 11, 2024. Retrieved April 18, 2024.
- ↑ "Meet Our 2024 Fellows". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Archived from the original on April 17, 2024. Retrieved April 18, 2024.