He asked us to share the poems below so we’ll have a chance to read them in advance of his discussion. of the Tiffany parlor– sour scent of empty wine bottles, my friend handed me the sweating receiver: “go ahead—say hello.”. Participants in the conference will have the opportunity to hear live‐stream TED‐style keynote speakers—young people from their generation from around the world—talk about what it’s really like growing up globally, living in the midst of war, and becoming 21st century young activists. The poem is vivid in its writing, with wonderfully specific touches about life in a divided land. Bundang-gu, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, Third Place: “Ronin: the Fallen Samurai” by Moon Hyung Lee —Peter Balakian, Green Mountain Review 30.2. Happy New Year, Writers for Peace! Wilson, Clemenceau, Lloyd George names my uncle scrawled Read E. Ethelbert Miller’s entire essay here. I do, however, have some words of advice for the White House, and for regimes around the world, that want to try. This is the heart of the memoir: what a daughter learns from her mother: how to be a girl, how to become a woman; and when that mother begins to fade from autumn into winter, how to become her mother. propriety, joining the Congratulations to Sophia Fang, whose short story “Zongzi” came in as one of two 2020 Young Writers Contest Fiction Finalists. When will winners for the 2020 contest be announced? against the blight of All rights reserved. (“Wildflowers” 1-5), Standing ’mongst the dogs all for all that crap about genetics; Eventually they began going back to school at night, but they never stopped working, never stopped rescuing Mom and their two younger sisters from the constant panic of uncertainty. Seine where Paul Celan had disappeared not long before. This month we have been publishing the finalists from our Young Writers Contest. One of the particular gifts R.L. rose like a holy ghost. Mr. Baldwin’s voice was frail but unmistakable. This journal is a fearless roar for Democracy and Human Rights. Learn more about Peter Balakian and his work here. Major Social Transformation Is a Lot Closer Than You May Realize — How Do We Finish the Job?, Resistance Released & Dinty W. Moore Reads Friday Live, Resistance Coming Soon, James Scott Smith Reading, and Robert Kostuck Reviews Water, Rocks and Trees, Two Poems by Peter Balakian for Tonight’s Special Reading, Pulitzer Prize Winner Peter Balakian Joins Friday Live Reading, We received contest entries from young writers in 21 countries across the globe, and awarded cash prizes to, During the month of February, we celebrated the tenth anniversary of Poets Against the War, and its founder, We were thrilled to enlist the services of three prestigious (and very generous) judges for our, Writing for Peace took action on Syria. He also edited The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing Flash Nonfiction: Advice and Essential Exercises from Respected Writers, Editors, and Teachers. After some technical difficulties and delays, the print edition of Resistance is nearly finished and will be available for purchase this coming weekend, September 12th. Taken And thank you for your ongoing support! Adviser. His memoir, Black Dog of Fate won the 1998 PEN/Martha Albrand Prize for the Art of the Memoir, and was a best book of the year for the New York Times, the LA Times, and Publisher’s Weekly, and was recently issued in a 10th anniversary edition. I loved the white moon circles in a fancy Maizes, author of the short story collection We Love Anderson Cooper and the novel Other People’s Pets, published by Celadon Books. Cover art is by Canadian artist, Allen Forrest. The writing is clear and unaffected and subtle in its irony and grief. languid, and sizzled with the need to get out of America; it even led him to one who let the invaders settle in Let’s all pick up our pens and wield them as swords against any who would suppress and oppress free speech. This 8.5 x 11 full color book is Guest Edited by Brad Wetzler and features poet Martín Espada. the cracks in buildings speak .” The journey to an acceptance of an identity woven of both “homes” is a powerful one. Born and raised most her life in Denver, CO, she came from a dinner table of tabouleh and meat loaf, Arab father and American mother, best meals of both worlds. (“Old Soul” 1-5), ways of the killdeer (. Now, one Grand Prize Winner will be awarded $200. September 18th: Award Winning Author Dinty W. Moore will read from his book The Mindful Writer and discuss parallels between mindfulness training and the path of an artist. Little Rock, you can fill it in. https://writingforpeace.org/2020-contest-guidelines/, Resistance Released & Dinty W. Moore Reads Friday Live, Resistance Coming Soon, James Scott Smith Reading, and Robert Kostuck Reviews Water, Rocks and Trees, Two Poems by Peter Balakian for Tonight’s Special Reading, Pulitzer Prize Winner Peter Balakian Joins Friday Live Reading. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82475509386?pwd=NkgxaGxXeWVTNmZQUkZjN090TEJuUT09, Meeting ID: 824 7550 9386 Assembled, Dalila receives her coveted A+ in anatomy and the unnamed skeleton literally hangs around the house, a possible replacement for the missing Mr. B. Giuliana is in grade 8 at West Essex Middle School in Caldwell, New Jersey. Robert Kostuck is an M.Ed. We would like to thank our judges for taking the time to read and consider our young writers’ entries. ways of the killdeer (. The contest challenged writers, ages 13-19, to research and write in the voice of a character from another culture, digging beneath the surface to explore common humanity and universal themes. Guest Edited by Brad Wetzler, the RESISTANCE Issue is an exercise in First Amendment Rights. Robert Kostuck’s Review of Water, Rocks and Trees, by James Scott Smith. My friend said: “if you love Jimmy’s work, I know he’d love to hear, from you. R.L. His verse novel, Ludlow, was published in 2007, and named best poetry book of the year by the Contemporary Poetry Review and the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum. All rights reserved. were expunged from Turkey and my grandparents left the ghost map . He was taken into the custody of the airport police and falsely, he says, accused of creating a public disturbance. A few months earlier Miles Davis passed Baldwin at Deux Magots, on his way to play for Louie Malle’s Ensensure pour L’escefau—, the spurting air of love love love slipping from the valves —, the spit and breath of night in Paris off the torpid brown. and I’m the plenipotentiary Hiss hiss hiss goes the heart. Do we invent proximities for our need, for salvation, for love? I have stood We are no longer protesting like this is the ’60s. A professor of nonfiction writing at Ohio University, Moore has won many awards for his writing, including a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Fiction. I to hear the The work of a real poet. (“Crows” 1-8), In last light among the ghosts of certain places I have First night together is spent in a whorehouse; for the remainder of the marriage Mr. B comes and goes as he pleases, impregnating Carmen and then vanishing for months or years at a time. Martín Espada was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1957. Peace may be the mother of progress. words that floated over the bridge into the carnival horns of night. Martín Espada (photo by David González). Maizes, Photo Credit Adrianne Mathiowetz. These poems are about observing, interpreting, and translating the reality of the natural world. moment in a phone booth at an artists’ colony in the summer of ’86? Fail proof, shattered, bitten off (“In Last Light” 1-8). “Face Me” is a portrait of a very young woman living under the Taliban regime who feels unseen, faceless, powerless, because of she was born female. Our next Friday Live Reading will be on August 21st with. no name on the street stalked him. This 8.5 x 11 full color book is Guest Edited by Brad Wetzler and features poet Martín Espada. where in the closet of his head a big white sheet floated over the Black Sea. Paris. We understand it is no small thing to commit to a themed work and then send it out. Tomorrow, July 24th, at 8pm ET, Martín Espada will will read from his forthcoming book, Floaters, published by W.W. Norton. By either listening to silence or serene music. I am a writer. to throw a line and Also an accomplished nature photographer, James Scott Smith incorporates what he sees into his writing. Find more information on our Friday Live Readings here. Forthcoming in 2017 from Leaky Boot are four more: Nothing True Has a Name, Even Now the Embers, Other Risks Include, and Air Tea with Dolores. Lessons by word or example are rarely repeated; they become the very fibers of her daughter’s body and personality. We would also like to thank the teachers and mentors who encouraged their students to take our challenge, and then inspired and guided them to prepare their best work. Amal Kassir is a 20 year old Syrian‐American spoken word artist. Aylisli is accused of describing only Azeri abuses against Armenians, and not addressing attacks by Armenians on Azeris. . September 4th: Award Winning Poet and naturalist James Scott Smith reads from his book, The Expanse of All Things. The work that came in from young writers across the globe exemplified this commitment. He will read from his new book, Floaters, and discuss his process and activism. Anthologies include Best American Poetry and others. Writing for Peace is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to cultivating empathy through education and creative writing in order to develop a foundation of compassion on which to build a more peaceful world. It was 1919 and the flu blew along Saint-Germain where. Shining aubergine—black-skinned Do we invent proximities for our need, for salvation, for love? in a fancy. This article has justified, re-affirmed, and solidified my own inner peacefulness where it is leading and where I want it to go. “I changed my name from Xiaofei to Jennifer. (Post has been updated to reflect changed date.) . Copyright © 2020 Writing for Peace. beauty, bitter apple. A fascinating historical look at the ancestors of the Vietnamese people, and how the members of the ancient Au Lac culture thwarted attempts at cultural obliteration to preserve their selves and their society. And together, we are strong. We would also like to acknowledge all of the young writers who took the time to research a new culture and write a story, essay, or poem for the Writing for Peace Young Writers Contest. Nonfiction: Ben Gershenfeld, 1st; Evan Kielmeyer, 2nd; Yen Nguyen, 3rd bread in beak. All good news means a lot especially at the end.”, What could I say to Mr. Baldwin? With 380 pages of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, art and photography by contributors from all over the globe, including our 2020 Young Writers Contest Winners, Resistance is a powerful statement of our First Amendment Rights. When will the next Young Writers Contest be available? Our “Refugees and the Displaced” themed DoveTales is a timely affront to a status quo comfortable with the suffering of others. Little Rock, you can fill it in. Her weekly opinion column, Alchemy, which appears in Colorado Community Media newspapers, has received a first-place award from the Colorado Press Association.Learn more about Andrea and her work here. Be sure to read them carefully. Andrea W. Doray is an award-winning journalist, author, poet, and essayist in Denver, CO, and is occasionally a columnist for The Denver Post through their Colorado Voices panel. In 2014, we look forward to hearing from Board Member Andrea W. Doray, who recently returned from Nepal, and to continued growth – including the occasional review on our blog! My aunt the surrealist might call them chance meetings. Young writers from all over the United States took up our short fiction challenge, and their stories reflected a broad spectrum of cultures. His four books of prose include The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America’s Response (2004), won the 2005 Raphael Lemkin Prize and was a New York Times Notable Book and a New York Times Best Seller. His forthcoming book of poems from Norton is called Floaters. The oil in the pan smoked like bad hotel with others who hoped for a nation in return for the slaughter. & vortices of forgiveness not so much Since our first contest in 2012, Writing for Peace has received entries from young writers in 34 countries. I admire the compression and the urgency of this story, the poignancy of it, and the circular structure, the end and beginning mirroring one another in this journey of growth and of loss. You can read their award winning short fiction in our upcoming journal, DoveTales, appearing online on January 1st, 2013. Seoul, South Korea, First Place: “A Reason for Hope” by Min Seong Kim Such scavengers bring me pause. General submission guidelines will be posted June 1st, as well as guidelines for the 2013 Writing for Peace Young Writers’ Contest. Miles Davis spent 7 hours with Louis Malle making some. EGGPLANT “(. . (“Tenalach” 11-13), is an M.Ed. Robin’s stories and essays have appeared in numerous publications including The Southern Review, The New York Times Magazine. However, in 2013, the leader of the Modern Musavat party announced that he would pay a bounty equivalent to $12,700 USD to anyone who cuts off Aylisli’s ear. An important bit of history still, sadly, relevant today. Through education and creative writing, Writing for Peace seeks to cultivate the empathy that allows minds to open to new cultural views, to value the differences as well as the hopes and dreams that unite all of humanity, to develop a spirit of leadership and peaceful activism. To the one who remembers Pangaea Maizes was born and raised in Queens, New York, and lives in Boulder County, CO, with her husband, Steve, and her muses: Arie, a cat who was dropped in the animal shelter’s night box like an overdue library book, and Rosie, a dog who spent her first year homeless in South Dakota and thinks Colorado is downright balmy. on the curb was half blind from the revolution. It binds, holds, No name in the street. Illusions? or just my way of thinking about that strange. Read her essay in full here. More information can be found at www.dintywmoore.com. A year ago in 2016, Aylisli said that he had been stopped from travelling to a literary festival in Italy by border police when he arrived at Baku airport. Learn how his book, requested by Simon and Schuster, evolved into the lyrical memoir it became. Mark August 1st on your calendars to immerse yourself in the powerful work of writers, artists and photographers who remind us that we are all in this together. In hindsight it is a part of me that has always been there but had been hindered for a long time. Sophia is in grade 10 at Westview High School in Sandiego, California. the boulevard–the war in Algeria is daily acid in the river— I did not know about this contest until today, 18 days after the given deadline. Find the details here. We shall overcome. I knew Baldwin’s heart went hollow, Passcode: 689879. I’ve kicked my ass all over the world Check in tomorrow to immerse yourself in powerful work from writers, artists and photographers from all over the world, the Young Writers Contest Winners, and our Featured Writer, Martín Espada. before levying a dhimmi tax on them. and summer evenings It’s 1958 and Camus still walks history that had trapped me—that was trapped in me. James Scott Smith lives on a creek on the front range of the Colorado Rockies. Maizes this Friday in our Friday Live Reading Series. languid, piercing, hollow sliding sounds in the indeterminate dank night, on the curb was half blind from the revolution. Aylisli, self-described as a 78-year-old writer in poor health and suffering from a heart condition, allegedly punched a border guard, a claim that was later used by the border service as an explanation for denying the border crossing. If I’m submitting over summer vacation and I’m going to a new school next year do I put the school I’m going to in August or the one I left in May? Funerals are holidays for the dead, a time when far-flung family reunite and wonder aloud what went right and what went wrong. With 380 pages of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, art and photography by contributors from all over the globe, including our 2020 Young Writers Contest Winners, On September 18th, at 8pm ET, award Winning Author, https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82848651312?pwd=WDMyamFSTko5ME1lRy94Rm11eGxlUT09, Meeting ID: 828 4865 1312     Passcode: 870607, If you missed our August 21st Friday Live with author. Private myths? He lives near an ocean; his heart belongs to the Chihuahua and Sonora deserts, and certain parts of Nova Scotia. To this end, we at Writing for Peace are pleased to announce the winners of our 2017 Young Writers Contest. Returning to Colombia in torn jeans and a gypsy blouse, Adriana arrives at the wake, faces somber and seemingly more mature sisters and a brother. It has been an honor and privilege to read them. Submissions will be accepted in the following areas: Creative Writing, Visual Arts, Music, Theatre, and Dance, and will be accepted via Submittable link above in the following specific formats: Participants work will appear on the closed summit website for the conference weekend, and then will remain only if the participant desires to include it in the post‐summit open website. Our Young Writers Contest deadline is just around the corner. Nobody else.”. He reads and writes when he isn’t capturing images or fishing the waters of hidden canyons. Bang bang bang goes the heart. We experienced some difficulties with the form earlier, so if you submitted and didn’t receive confirmation of your entry, please check with us, or re-submit at Young Writers Contest. Practicing my breathing techniques while doing so. Submission Title * Author's Name * First Name Last Name . Be sure your submissions are in by the end of April 15th. Whatever direction you choose in life, the ability to write well will aid in communication, one of the most highly sought skills in every discipline. We would also like to thank the teachers and mentors who encouraged their students to take our challenge, and then inspired and guided them to prepare their best work. He has also written the libretti for composer Lori Laitman’s opera of The Scarlet Letter and her oratorio, Vedem. The “Nature” edition is our largest undertaking to date, with 82 wonderful contributors, plus our nine Young Writers Contest Winners from 2014. mighty works of root and cause to christen What could I say to James Baldwin who was dying in the south of France. Recently published fiction, essays, and reviews appear or are forthcoming in the anthologies, https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82475509386?pwd=NkgxaGxXeWVTNmZQUkZjN090TEJuUT09, Pulitzer Prize Winner Peter Balakian will join us tonight, August 7th, at 8pm Eastern Time, to read from his work and discuss poetry of witness. We’ll begin accepting submissions for our 2021 contest on September 1st. Her sisters and brother are emotional but methodical—Adriana feels like the only one with an incomparable loss—the woman who as a child promised her mother that she would always remain her little girl. Robert Kostuck graduated from Northern Arizona University with a Masters in Education. II and III, Manifest West, Vol. Having peace on the inside and that of the outer realms as well. Article shared by Radhakanta Swain. but it’s not without its rewards: Our fourth edition of DoveTales, an International Journal of the Arts will be released on May 1st! Our March 1st deadline is quickly approaching! It’s not necessary, but we do ask your teacher’s name and contact information for notification purposes. I owe everything I am to the women in my family—to my sisters and Mom. Algiers. One Story, The Georgia Review, Colorado Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, Freight Stories, Indiana Review, and The Best Creative Nonfiction, Vol. Paris. This is my Islam, that I died Bang bang bang goes the heart. Or is it the realization that time has passed? Our Young Writers Contest challenges students to increase their global and cultural awareness while refining their creative writing skills. VI, and DoveTales Vols. hidden in dark places. Djelloul Marbrook is the author of five published poetry books: Far from Algiers (2008, Kent State University Press, winner of the 2007 Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize and the 2010 International Book Award in poetry), Brushstrokes and Glances (2010, Deerbrook Editions), Brash Ice (2014, Leaky Boot Press, UK) , Shadow of the Heron (2016, Coda Crab Books), and Riding Thermals to Winter Grounds (2017, Leaky Boot). Spread the word! fished from tundra to Links will go up soon, and if you are in the Fort Collins area we hope you will join us for our Book Release Celebration Reading! Book bans and book burnings notwithstanding, American constitutional rights fare better than those in Azerbaijan. hotel with others who hoped for a nation in return for the slaughter. What could I say to James Baldwin who was dying in the south of France. Without peace an old-fashioned cannot make any progress. We reach a certain age and glibly speak of the ‘downslope’ or the ‘other side of fifty’, assured momentarily that those who went before always left something behind. Join Friday Live Zoom I was sweating into the phone. The situation, as I see it, is suppression of a perspective that does not support the nationalist stance on the Azerbaijani/Armenian conflict. Because modern war involves atom blast and hydrogen blast. Magazine, The Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, The Irish Times and more. Maizes will join Writing for Peace via Zoom to read from her highly acclaimed debut novel, Other People’s Pets, and discuss the development of empathy through creative writing. tidewater. are striving into October as history that had trapped me—that was trapped in me. (“Alfalfa” 4-11), and the fitful dreams are rinsing out into the, one reality within the seen things. Copyright © 2018 Writing for Peace. A few months earlier Miles Davis passed Baldwin at Deux Magots Martín Espada is also the Featured Writer for our Resistance Edition of DoveTales, An International Journal of the Arts, which launches on August 1st. Your email address will not be published. I knew Baldwin’s heart went hollow, languid, and sizzled with the need to get out of America; it even led him to, the place my grandparents fled—before they landed a couple miles from Baldwin’s, Are these degrees of separation? to get a breath of air and going in Copyright © 2012 Writing for Peace. Sometimes those of us who love peace must do more than be living examples of peace. Denton, Texas, USA, Second Place: “Between Islands” by Janghwan Bae Participants are invited guests, ages 18-30, and will be given the password for admittance to the Summit following the acceptance of their submissions. the place my grandparents fled—before they landed a couple miles from Baldwin’s Although he was already 75, Aylisli began contemplating seeking asylum abroad with his family. It’s taken much of the USA’s 200+-year history to give voice to differing perspectives about events surrounding Native Americans, slavery, immigration, child labor, internment camps, McCarthyism, Kent State, Iran Contras, waterboarding, WikiLeaks, extraordinary rendition, and others, and one man is threatening to sue news outlets – not just in the United States – and jail individual writers and journalists on vague charges of treason. Our DoveTales journal is a manifestation of the Writing for Peace mission to promote writing that explores the many aspects of peace. Last year brought growth and many exciting firsts for Writing For Peace. circling turkey buzzard speck of cumulus nimbus. You can purchase your copy here. As I hopped on the tour carriage, he held out a red flower. Author of a collection of essays, The Poetry of Life and the Life of Poetry, his memoir, News from the Village, appeared in 2010. Check out his website here. Fairfax, Virginia, USA, Second Place: “Jews and the Black Death” by Hannah Rosenthal Challenge yourself to master the art of writing, and enter our annual Young Writers Contest. Good luck. graduate from Northern Arizona University. land before God broke bread of it with the 1933 burning down of Reichstag under Hitler, which turned him into a dictator even though his party did not have a majority in the legislature?”. I found this contest online and it wasn’t recommended by my english teacher. A former Fulbright Fellow to Greece, he serves as Poet Laureate of Colorado and teaches at Colorado College. Our 2020 Summer DoveTales launches at 12 noon Mountain Time. He asked us to share the poems below so we’ll have a chance to read them in advance of his discussion. Summit Dates: April 29th, 30th and May 1st, Topic: so often standing up, stepping out His many honors include the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, the Shelley Memorial Award, the Robert Creeley Award, the National Hispanic Cultural Center Literary Award, an American Book Award, an Academy of American Poets Fellowship, the PEN/Revson Fellowship and a Guggenheim Fellowship. What did rape and massacre mean? Maizes is the author of the novel OTHER PEOPLE’S PETS (Celadon Books, Macmillan) and the short story collection WE LOVE ANDERSON COOPER (Celadon Books). All rights reserved. By Adviser E. Ethelbert Miller, in AWP Magazine & Media. some parsley appeared Nothing worse than a lifeless poem reduced to mere ink and paper – or an electronic file; fortunately this work lifts from the page and takes life just where the pen or keyboard stops. the continents cast across the waters; be strong. “The Health Care Struggle of the Australian Aborigines” by Evan Kielmeyer. . All rights reserved. a wide glass of wine from some vineyard of Burgundy in my hand, and the next map of Europe was shuffled with an ace in the hole. Awareness needs to be spread about their cause, and through the written word I hope that can be accomplished.”  ~Caroline Nawrocki, Tait Rutherford, 12th grade, Fort Collins High School, Colorado, “Compassion is a beautiful thing, possibly the most beautiful thing in the world, especially when combined with initiative and ingenuity, and a will to create peace where none now exists.” ~Tait Rutherford. A former tenant lawyer, Espada is a professor of English at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Lyla June Johnston is a Navajo poet and peace activist from Taos, New Mexico, who has found her home in the service of humanity. Join young artists and writers, ages 18-30, your peers from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, in conversation about the matters you care about in this online Youth Summit. I’m sitting at Café Deux Magots with my NY Yankees umbrella in my lap, Good writing comes from the inner imagination, worldly experience, or a combination of both. Our last Friday Live Reading, on July 24th, featured Martín Espada who read from his forthcoming book, Floaters, published by W.W. Norton. First Amendment Essential to Peaceful Activism, by Andrea Doray, Plus Young Writer Contest Results, https://www.facebook.com/djelloul.marbrook.5, Newsletter: Being Prepared To Turn Crisis To Our Advantage, DoveTales “Nature” Release, and 2015 Contest Winners, My Mother’s Funeral, A Review by Robert Kostuck. Azerbaijan’s president also stripped Aylisli of the title of “People’s Writer.” And although the Minister of the Interior has announced that calls for violence are unacceptable, the threat to Aylisli remains. one reality within the seen things. These are the magic tricks—simplifying a complex ecosystem into an intense gaze, and making the moment mean everything. Participation Certificates and Awards will be sent out next week. Yet, even in a country where freedom of the press is guaranteed by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, writers are under siege. His memoir, Black Dog of Fate won the 1998 PEN/Martha Albrand Prize for the Art of the Memoir, and was a best book of the year for the New York Times, the LA Times, and Publisher’s Weekly, and was recently issued in a 10th anniversary edition. 2012 Writing for Peace Young Writer’s Contest winners will receive $250 for first place, and $75 for second and third places. This Friday, September 4th, at 8pm ET, James Scott Smith will read from his books, hidden in dark places. Her stories have aired on National Public Radio and have appeared in Electric Literature’s Recommended Reading. West Essex Middle School in Sandiego, California soil, with the quality of all the winners of our Young. Hoffman Smith Creativity in motion Prize for the last 15 years, James Scott lives! That reside inside the narrator are rendered with heartbreaking simplicity blight of propriety, joining the ways of the is. Had been hindered for a long time changed date. against the blight of propriety, joining ways. 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