Friday,
October 16th at 7 pm
Politics & Prose Bookstore and Coffeehouse
5015 Connecticut Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. 20008
Marra’s
stunning first novel, A Constellation of
Vital Phenomena, won the National Book Critics Circle inaugural John
Leonard Prize, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award in fiction, and Politics &
Prose’s inaugural Carla Cohen Literary Prize. His second book of fiction is a
series of stories deftly interwoven by recurrent landscapes and themes. Many
unfold in the former Soviet Union and Chechnya, charting instances of
sacrifice, violence, and heartbreak that reverberate through the
generations—countered, however, by family ties, storytelling, and Marra’s
crystalline prose itself. Free admission.
Ron Childless – And West Is West
Friday,
October 16th at 7 pm
Upshur
Street Books
827
Upshur St NW
Washington,
DC 20011
Ron Childress talks about his debut novel And West is West, the winner of the 2014
PEN/Bellwether Prize for socially engaged fiction. The story travels from
California to New York to Florida, from deserts to cities, from military bases
to art galleries to a lonely prisoner's cell. He follows the actions of two people
living in very different worlds, an Air Force drone operator in Nevada and a
Wall Street programmer who develops a plan to profit from the military crises
abroad. The ultimate message of the book is that even those not pulling the
levers of power can be corrupted by the anonymity of the modern world and by
systems that ask them to do questionable things. It is eminently relevant, with
its deft exploration of both the financial crisis and the war on terror. Free
admission.
Talent
Showcase Open Mic hosted by Angie Head
Friday, October 16th from 10 pm to 12 am
Busboys and Poets (Hyattsville location)
5331 Baltimore Ave
Hyattsville, MD 20781
LIVE! From
Busboys is an open mic talent showcase that offers a platform for all
performers, not just poets. Whether you are a musician, comedian, dancer,
actor, magician or any other type of performer, we want to see what you’ve got!
$5 cover. On the day of the event, tickets can be purchased online here
starting at midnight and in the restaurant starting at 10:00 AM (cash only). No
refunds. Ticket purchase limit of 4 per person. Tickets will be sold at the
door if available. Guests must have their wristbands (tickets) on upon entering
the event.
George A. Akerlof and Robert J. Shiller - Phishing for Phools: The Economics of Manipulation and Deception
Saturday,
October 17th at 1 pm
Politics & Prose Bookstore and Coffeehouse
5015 Connecticut Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. 20008
Nobel laureates George A. Akerlof (University Professor
at Georgetown) and Robert J. Shiller (Sterling Professor of economics at Yale
and author of Irrational Exuberance)
established a successful partnership with their book Animal Spirits. In their new work, the distinguished co-authors
challenge Adam Smith’s notion of the market’s benign influence. Using both
statistics and anecdotes, the authors examine how spending is affected by
advertising, politics, and credit cards. Free admission.
Melvin J. Urofsky - Dissent
and the Supreme Court: Its Role in the Court's History and the Nation's
Constitutional Dialogue
Saturday, October 17th
at 3:30 pm
Politics & Prose Bookstore and Coffeehouse
5015 Connecticut Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. 20008
Reviewing the 226
years of High Court decisions, Melvin J. Urofsky finds that while majority
opinions rule the day, over time it’s often the wisdom of the dissenting view
that prevails. Framing this history as an ongoing debate over the meaning of
the Constitution, Urofsky shows how judicial dissent reinvigorates democracy
itself. Urofsky is a Virginia Commonwealth University professor of law and
public policy and emeritus professor of history who has written or contributed
to some three dozen books, including co-editing the five-volume edition of
Justice Brandeis’s letters, Free admission.
Youth Open Mic presented by Busboys and Poets
Saturday, October 17th
from 5 pm to 7 pm
Busboys and Poets (5th
and K location)
1025 5th St NW
Washington, DC 20001
Youth-focused and
youth-led, Youth Open Mic is a monthly series featuring student poets, singers,
musicians, and actors from the DC/Maryland/Virginia area. Middle school and
high school students are encouraged to share their art in a supportive,
progressive, artistic atmosphere. $5 cover.
Leslie Pietrzyk - This
Angel on My Chest
Saturday, October 17th
at 6 pm
Politics & Prose Bookstore and Coffeehouse
5015 Connecticut Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. 20008
Pietrzyk, a writing
teacher and the author of two novels, A
Year and a Day and Pears on a Willow
Tree, has published short fiction throughout her career. Awarded the Drue
Heinz Literature Prize in 2015, Pietrzyk’s first collection of stories is a
powerful exploration of loss and mourning arranged as variations on a theme. Each
piece focuses on a woman suddenly and unexpectedly widowed. The stories take
different forms, ranging from lists and a quiz to a YouTube link, a lecture on
writing, and solid, old-fashioned storytelling. Free admission.
Ruth Reichl - My Kitchen Year: 136
Recipes That Saved My Life
Saturday, October 17th
at 7 pm
Busboys and Poets (Takoma location)
235 Carroll St. NW
Washington, D.C. 20012
AND
Sunday, October 18th
at 10 am
Dupont Circle Freshfarm Market
1500 20th St NW
Washington, DC 20036
From Tender at the Bone through Comfort Me with Apples and Garlic and Sapphires, Ruth
Reichl has chronicled her life with food. In this new memoir, the former Gourmet editor-in-chief
focuses on one difficult year—2009, when Gourmet folded. Out of a job, Reichl was
back in her own kitchen, rediscovering and savoring the joys of cooking for
herself and her family. A tribute to the healing powers of food, Reichl’s
account includes recipes and her dialogue with Twitter followers.
Tom Lewis - Washington:
A History of Our National City
Sunday, October 18th
at 1 pm
Politics & Prose Bookstore and Coffeehouse
5015 Connecticut Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. 20008
In
his fourth book, Tom Lewis charts the growth of Washington, D.C., from its
namesake’s initial proposal in January, 1791, to its current status as the
23rd-most populous city in the United States. Much has happened since the
federal government took up residence in the District in December, 1800, and
Lewis tracks social, political, and economic changes, showing how events inside
the Beltway paralleled those outside of it. Lewis is a
Skidmore English professor emeritus, editor of the letters of Hart Crane, and
the historian of The Hudson, Free admission.
David Nicholson and
Elizabeth Poliner
Sunday, October 18th from 2 pm to 4 pm
The Writer's Center
4508 Walsh Street
Bethesda, MD 20815
David Nicholson reads from Flying Home: Seven Stories of the Secret City, his recent
collection of short stories. He is joined by poet Elizabeth Poliner, who reads
from What You Know in Your Hands. The
reading will be followed by a reception and book signing. Free admission.
James Landry
– Memory Music
Sunday, October 18th at 4 pm
Upshur
Street Books
827
Upshur St NW
Washington,
DC 20011
For eight
years, James Landry published MusicFromTheFilm.blogspot.com, a work
of more than 1,000 photographs and stories narrating the human condition. Using overheard conversations from Metro and city streets and photographs of
Washington, D.C., the Eastern Shore of Maryland, New York, Hawaii, Britain,
Iceland, and Spain, Landry has created a masterpiece of found art. Explore his
art at sites.google.com/site/landryjart. Free admission.
Joy Williams -
The Visiting Privilege: New and Collected
Stories
Sunday, October 18th at 5 pm
Politics & Prose Bookstore and Coffeehouse
5015 Connecticut Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. 20008
Fiction has undergone more than one paradigm shift
in the last forty years, but the excellence of Joy Williams’s writing has
proved a constant. The author of four novels, most recently The Quick and the Dead, a runner-up for
the Pulitzer Prize, Williams’s reputation as a “writer’s writer” rests mainly
on her short stories. Her first collection in over a decade includes 33 pieces
from previous gatherings along with 13 new ones, showing the evolution of this
extraordinary artist’s concerns as well as showcasing the wit, dark humor, and
intent to “illuminate[…] something beneath or beyond the story itself.” Free
admission.
Sunday Kind of Love Open Mic Poetry
Sunday, October 18th
from 5 pm to 7 pm
Busboys and Poets (14th & V location)
2021 14th St, NW
Washington, D.C. 20009
Sunday kind of love open mic poetry features
emerging and established poets from the Washington, D.C., area and around the
nation. Each program includes one to two featured poets and an open mic
segment. $5 tickets available online beginning at midnight on the day of the
open mic. If available, door sales will begin 30 minutes prior to the event.
Cash only. Sorry, no refunds. Limit 4 tickets per person. Guest must have
wristband on before entering event.
Ricardo
Liniers - Written and Drawn by Henrietta and Macanudo #3
Sunday, October 18th at 6:30 pm
Busboys and Poets (Takoma location)
235 Carroll St. NW
Washington, D.C. 20012
Argentine cartoonist Ricardo
Liniers in conversation with The
Washington Post’s Comic Riffs columnist Michael Cavna discusses his two
latest books. In Written and Drawn by
Henrietta, the titular heroine shows her cat Fellini—and the reader—how to
write and illustrate a spellbinding story. Macanudo
#3 is a collection of Liniers’s popular comic strip, translated from the
Spanish, which also features Henrietta and Fellini as well as a host of other
characters. Liniers will also create a live painting while attendees mix and
mingle and enjoy the evening. Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School Jazz Combo
musicians will perform throughout the evening to add a lively vibe to the
event. All ages. Free admission.
AND
Monday, October 19th at 10:30 am
Politics & Prose Bookstore and Coffeehouse
5015 Connecticut Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. 20008
Gavin McCrea -Mrs.
Engels
Monday, October 19th at 6:30 pm
Kramerbooks
1517 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Very little is known about Lizzie Burns, the illiterate
Irishwoman who was the longtime lover of Frederick Engels, coauthor of The Communist Manifesto. In Gavin
McCrea's first novel, the unsung Lizzie is finally given a voice that won't be
forgotten. Free admission.
Warren Bernard – Cartoons
for Victory
Monday, October 19th at 6:30 pm
Busboys and Poets (Takoma location)
235 Carroll St. NW
Washington, D.C. 20012
World War II needed heroes on the home front as well as on
the battlefields abroad, and many comic artists provided just that. Warren Bernard, executive director of Small Press Expo, whose vast
collection and knowledge of comic art has made him a frequent speaker on and
contributor to books on the history of comics, has marshalled the work of
figures including Milton Caniff, Chester Gould, Al Capp, Harold Gray, Charles
Addams, Herblock, Peter Arno, Will Eisner, and Harvey Kurtzman for a
comprehensive view of what comics did in the war. Free admission.
Andrea Kleine – Calf
Monday, October 19th at
6:30 pm
Busboys and Poets (Brookland location)
625 Monroe St. NE
Washington, D.C. 20017
In her unsettling debut novel, Andrea Klein draws on recent national and personal history for a
dual narrative whose chilling finale is as inexorable as it is suspenseful.
While a character modelled on John Hinckley, Jr., becomes
increasingly delusional, an eleven-year-old girl, already reeling from her
parents’ divorce and slow to adapt to her new life in Washington, suffers
another shock when her only friend is killed. Klein is a performance artist whose interdisciplinary projects have encompassed film, dance, and writing. Free admission.
Anna Bikont - The Crime and the Silence: Confronting the Massacre of Jews in Wartime
Jedwabne
Monday, October 19th at 7
pm
Politics & Prose Bookstore and Coffeehouse
5015 Connecticut Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. 20008
An award-winning
journalist in her native Poland, Anna Bikont won the European book prize in
2011 for her investigation of the cultural and moral reverberations of the 1941
Jedwabne massacre. Building on Jan Gross’s historical account in Neighbors, Bikont chronicles her
nation’s public debate over its violent anti-Semitic past and assembles the
testimonies of Jedwabne’s witnesses and participants to probe the sources of
such chilling hatred. Free admission.
Mary Downing Hahn - Took: A Ghost
Story
Monday, October 19th at 7:30 pm
Takoma Park Library
101 Philadelphia Ave
Takoma Park, MD 20912
Daniel and his little sister Erica are aghast when their parents move
them from suburban Connecticut to rural West Virginia. Almost as soon as they
arrive, they begin to hear about a girl who vanished from the home they just
moved into—and a witch named Old Auntie whom everyone blames for the
disappearance. When Erica also goes missing, Daniel knows he must find Old
Auntie and wrest his sister from her grip. Ages 9 – 12. Free admission.
Monday Night Open Mic
hosted by Mary Bowman
Monday, October 19th from 8 pm to 10 pm
Busboys and Poets (Shirlington location)
4251 South Campbell Avenue
Arlington, VA 22206
For two hours, audiences
can expect a diverse chorus of voices and a vast array of professional spoken
word performers, open mic rookies, musicians, and a different host every week. Expect
to be moved, expect a packed house, expect the unexpected, but above all come
with an open mind and ear. $5 cover.
Monday Night Open Mic
hosted by Ayanna Gallant
Monday, October 19th from 9 pm to 11 pm
Busboys and Poets (Brookland location)
625 Monroe St. NE
Washington, D.C. 20017
For two hours, audiences can
expect a diverse chorus of voices and a vast array of professional spoken word
performers, open mic rookies, musicians, and a different host every week.
Expect to be moved, expect a packed house, expect the unexpected, but above all
come with an open mind and ear. $5 cover.
Peter Kuper – Ruins
Tuesday, October 20th
from 12 pm to 1 pm
Library of Congress
James Madison Building
(Montpelier Room – Sixth Floor)
101 Independence Ave SE
Washington, DC 20540
Come and hear Peter Kuper
talk about his latest, Mexico-set graphic novel. Free admission.
Leonard Pitts Jr - Grant Park
Tuesday, October 20th at 6:30 pm
Busboys and Poets (14th & V location)
2021 14th St, NW
Washington, D.C. 20009
In his third novel, Leonard Pitts Jr., author of Freeman and a nationally syndicated columnist who won a 2004
Pulitzer Prize for commentary, explores both the social issues that make news
and the interactions among the writers, editors, and staff who work in the news
business. When a veteran black columnist goes over his younger white editor’s
head to publish an embittered piece in response to the latest incident of
racial violence, both men lose their jobs. Pitts constructs dramatic, telling
narrative juxtaposing events surrounding the 1968 assassination of Martin
Luther King, Jr. and the eve of the 2008 inauguration of President Barack Obama.
Free admission.
Yotam Ottolenghi and Ramael Scully - Nopi:
The Cookbook
Tuesday, October 20th
at 7 pm
Sixth and I Historic Synagogue
600 I St NW
Washington, DC 20001
The
phenomenal success of his London delis and restaurant and his four previous
cookbooks have made chef and entrepreneur Yottam Ottolenghi an international
star. His third book, Jerusalem, was
named Cookbook of the Year by the International Association of Culinary
Professionals and Best International Cookbook by the James Beard Foundation.
His fifth book, co-written with Nopi head chef Ramael Scully, is dedicated to
sustainable ingredients, recipes with a Mediterranean influence, and the
creation of food that’s “full of harmonious contradictions… beautiful to look
at yet close to its original form.” The chefs will be in conversation with Atlantic national correspondent Jeffrey
Goldberg. 1 Ticket: $18; 1 Book and 1 Ticket: $40; $38 for P & P members; 1
Book and 2 Tickets: $50; $47 for P & P members.
Joe Klein - Charlie Mike:
A True Story of Heroes who brought Their Mission Home
Tuesday, October 20th at 7 pm
Politics & Prose Bookstore and Coffeehouse
5015 Connecticut Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. 20008
In his seventh book, Joe Klein, author of the
legendary Primary Colors and the
award-winning Time “In the Arena”
columnist, tells the inspiring story of Eric Greitens, a former Navy SEAL who
was eager to put his military discipline to good use. Greitens founded Mission
Continues, an organization offering paid public service fellowships to war
vets. One of the earliest and most active fellows has been former Marine
Sergeant Jake Wood, a natural leader who has organized fellow veterans to
assist in disaster relief around the world. Free admission.
Robert Cunningham -Afghanistan:
On the Bounce
Tuesday, October 20th at 7 pm
Upshur
Street Books
827
Upshur St NW
Washington,
DC 20011
Robert Cunningham's incredible story documenting over 40 units at 15
different bases in Afghanistan bears witness to his experience through his
photographs. Afghanistan: On the Bounce,
produced with writer Steve Hartov, examines the service members’ weapons,
uniforms, vehicles, and gear, along with reflections on duty, insights and life
on deployment. Robert L Cunningham has been a professional photographer
for more than a decade. He’s photographed 9 heads of state, 12 prime ministers,
three governors, multiple astronauts, cosmonauts, CEOs of Fortune 500
companies, renowned actors, musicians, and professional race car drivers, as
well as service members from 15 different nations. His work has taken him
aboard U.S. Navy submarines, into zero-gravity in low earth orbit, and to more
than 450 cities in 25 countries. Free admission.
Tuesday Night
Open Mic hosted by Drew Anderson
Tuesday, October 20th from 9 pm to 11 pm
Busboys and Poets (14th & V location)
2021 14th St, NW
Washington, D.C. 20009
For two hours, audiences
can expect a diverse chorus of voices and a vast array of professional spoken
word performers, open mic rookies, musicians, and a different host every week.
$5 cover.
Tuesday Night Open Mic
Tuesday, October 20th
from 9 pm to 11 pm
Busboys and Poets (Takoma location)
235 Carroll St. NW
Washington, D.C. 20012
For two hours, audiences can expect a diverse
chorus of voices and a vast array of professional spoken word performers, open
mic rookies, musicians, and a different host every week. $5 cover.
Mike Curato – Little Elliot, Big
Family
Wednesday, October 21st
at 10:30 am
Politics & Prose Bookstore and Coffeehouse
5015 Connecticut Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. 20008
Little Elliot, the
polka-dotted elephant, decides to spend a day wandering New York City while his
roommate, Mouse, attends a family reunion. This gets Little Elliot thinking:
what would it be like to have a family of his own? As he sees families of all
shapes and sizes around him, he feels more and more alone. Then Mouse returns
and makes his friend realize that he isn’t on his own after all. Ages 4 – 7. Free admission.
Bill Clegg - Did You Ever Have a
Family
Wednesday, October 21st
at 6:30 pm
Busboys and Poets (Brookland location)
625 Monroe St. NE
Washington, D.C. 20017
In his acclaimed memoirs, Portrait
of an Addict as a Young Man and Ninety
Days, Bill Clegg chronicled his struggle with substance abuse and his
laborious efforts to rebuild his career and relationships. His first novel is
another powerful study of loss and its aftermath, following June Reid from a
disaster that takes the lives of virtually her entire family. In shock, June
simply gets in the car and drives. Gradually, both her road trip and her life
gain direction and meaning, and the survivors learn more about the loved ones
they’ve lost. Free admission.
David Locke Hall – CRACK99
Wednesday, October 21st at
6:30 pm
Kramerbooks
1517 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
David Lock will be
conversation with Chris Chester, Web Producer and Reporter at WAMU 88.5. They will discuss his book Crack99, the utterly gripping story of the most outrageous
case of cyber piracy prosecuted by the U.S. Department of Justice. Free
admission.
Diana Nyad - Find a Way: One Wild and Precious Life
Wednesday, October 21st at 7 pm
Politics & Prose Bookstore and Coffeehouse
5015 Connecticut Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. 20008
One of the all-time great
long-distance swimmers, Diana Nyad has accomplished feats requiring not just
extraordinary athleticism and determination, but sheer courage. In 1975 she
broke a 45-year-old record for swimming the 28 miles around Manhattan. In 1979
she covered the 102 miles between the Bahamas and Florida without a shark cage.
While pursuing a successful career as a sports commentator for NPR, ABC’s Wide
World of Sports, and others, Nyad has continued swimming, and her fourth book
is an inspiring account of her long struggle to swim the 110 miles from Cuba to
Florida, a goal she reached on her fourth try, in 2013 at age sixty-four,
setting a new record. Free admission.
Steve
Knopper – MJ: The Genius of Michael Jackson
Wednesday, October 21st
at 7 pm
Upshur
Street Books
827
Upshur St NW
Washington,
DC 20011
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Rolling Stone contributing editor Steve Knopper delves deeply
into Michael Jackson’s music and talent. From the artist’s early days with the
Jackson 5 to his stratospheric success as a solo artist, to “Beat It” and
“Thriller,” “Bad” and “The Man in the Mirror,” to his volatile final years, his
attempted comeback, and untimely death, Knopper explores the beguiling and
often contradictory forces that fuelled Michael Jackson’s genius. Drawing on an
amazing 400 interviews with Jackson’s relatives, friends, and key record
executives, as well as celebrities like will.i.am and Weird Al Yankovic, this
critical biography puts all the elements of his career into perspective and
celebrates his triumph in art and music. Free admission.
Gabrielle Balkan
- The 50 States: Explore the U.S.A with
50 Fact-Filled Maps!
Wednesday, October 21st at 7:30 pm
Takoma Park Library
101 Philadelphia Ave
Takoma Park, MD 20912
This more-than-an-atlas
offers maps of each state as well as introductions full of cultural and
historical information about what makes each one unique. Timelines detail a
variety of important events ranging from the hugely influential to the
downright quirky. Children’s book authors and illustrators from across the
country are given special prominence throughout the pages. Ages 7 – 10. Free
admission.
AND
Thursday, October 22nd at 10:30 am
Politics & Prose Bookstore and Coffeehouse
5015 Connecticut Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. 20008
Wednesday Night Open Mic Poetry hosted by Jonathan
Tucker
Wednesday, October
21st from 9 pm to 11 pm
Busboys and Poets (5th
and K location)
1025 5th St NW
Washington, DC 20001
For two
hours, audiences can expect a diverse chorus of voices and a vast array of
professional spoken word performers, open mic rookies, musicians, and a
different host every week. $5 cover.
Hurston/Wright Legacy Award Nominee Reading with Tiphanie
Yanique, Laila Lalami, Charles E. Cobb, and Roger Reeves
Thursday, October
22nd at 6:30 pm
Busboys and Poets (14th & V location)
2021 14th St, NW
Washington, D.C. 20009
The Hurston/Wright Legacy Awards, sponsored by the
Hurston/Wright Foundation, annually honor works of fiction, nonfiction, and
poetry by Black writers published in the previous year. Recognized as a
singular award from the black writing community to its peers, the Legacy Awards
each year recognize members of the national and international black writing
community. Join four of the nominees—Tiphanie Yanique, Land of Love and Drowning, Laila Lalami, The
Moor’s Account, Charles E. Cobb, This Nonviolent Stuff’ll Get You
Killed, and Roger Reeves, King
Me—as they read from their work on the eve of the award ceremony.
Free admission.
Sarah Vowell
- Lafayette in the Somewhat United States
Thursday, October 22nd at 7 pm
Politics & Prose Bookstore and Coffeehouse
5015 Connecticut Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. 20008
From The Partly Cloudy Patriot
to The Wordy Shipmates to Unfamiliar Fishes, Sarah Vowell’s
history has explored iconic American battlegrounds, ideals, and seminal events
by deploying humor to tweak received impressions and suggest new perspectives.
In her seventh book, “This American Life” commentator profiles perhaps the
greatest French hero of the American Revolution, recreating the triumphant 1824
return of the Marquis de Lafayette to these shores. Free admission.
Poetry Reading with Bradley Strahan
Thursday, October
22nd at 7 pm
Upshur
Street Books
827
Upshur St NW
Washington,
DC 20011
Listen to poet and Bradley Strahan read a selection
of his amazing poems. Strahan is the author of A Parting Glass: Poems of Ireland, The Art of Losing, and four other collections. He has been
published in America, Seattle Review, Confrontation, First Things,
Christian Century, The Hollins Critic, Soundings East, Passages
North, Sundog, Wisconsin Review, & 2003 Struga Festival anthology and Blood to Remember, just to name a few. He
taught poetry at Georgetown University for 12 years. Recently, he was Fulbright
Professor of poetry and American culture in the Balkans. For more than 34 years,
he has been editor/publisher of Visions-International.
Free admission.
Thursday
Night Open Mic Poetry Hosted by E-Baby
Thursday, October 22nd from 9 pm to 11 pm
Busboys and Poets (Hyattsville
location)
5331 Baltimore Ave
Hyattsville, MD 20781
Audiences can expect a diverse chorus of voices and a vast array of
professional spoken word performers, open mic rookies, musicians, and a
different host every week. $5 cover.
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