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 ![Literary logo with an orange cursive uppercase L inside black square brackets](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/agoose77/literary/master/assets/logo.png)
 
 # Literary 
-[![pypi-badge][]][pypi] [![binder-badge][]][binder] [![wiki-badge][]][wiki]
 
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+[gitter-badge]: https://badges.gitter.im/literary-nb/literary.svg
+[gitter]: https://gitter.im/literary-nb/literary?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge
 [binder-badge]: https://mybinder.org/badge_logo.svg
 [binder]:
   https://mybinder.org/v2/gh/agoose77/literary/HEAD?urlpath=lab%2Ftree%2Fexamples