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Howard County Poetry & Literature Society 10901 Little Patuxent Parkway, Horowitz Center 200 Columbia, MD 21044 443.518. 4568 www. hocopolitso.org ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION U.S. POSTAGE PAID COLUMBIA, MD PERMIT NO. 197 Howard County Poetry & Literature Society THE WRITING LIFE Throughout the year, The Writing Life, HoCoPoLitSo’s writer-to-writer talk show, airs encore and debut editions on Maryland educational cable channels, HCC-TV and on YouTube, with 51 editions accessible worldwide. Three new editions were produced: Siobhan Fallon hosted by Kristen Henderson; Paula Meehan and Theo Dorgan in conversa- tion; and Billy Collins hosted by Kendra Kopelke. Four edi- tions debuted, featuring Toi Derricotte, Colum McCann, Patricia Smith, and Rives and Rachel Eliza Griffiths. The fiscal year 2014 program schedule was: July: Roland Flint hosts Robert Hass (encore 1996); August: Laura Lippman host- ed by Mary Kay Zuravleff (encore 2009); September: Saul Bellow (remastered 2005); October: Toi Derricotte hosted by E. Ethelbert Miller (debut 2013); November: Lucille Clifton hosts Linda Pastan (encore 1992); December: Manil Suri hosted by Sangeeta Ray (encore 2009); January 2014: Timothy L. Jenkins hosts Taylor Branch (encore 2000); February: Michael Collier meets Paula Meehan (encore 2000); March: Colum McCann hosted by Terence Winch (debut 2014); April: Rives and Rachel Eliza Griffiths (debut 2014); May: Martín Espada hosted by Naomi Ayala (encore 2012) and June: Patricia Smith hosted by Joseph Ross (debut 2014). THE WRITING LIFE THIS WINTER NOVEMBER 2014 Lucille Clifton hosts Linda Pastan (encore 1992) DECEMBER 2014 Julie Otsuka hosted by Gene Oishi (encore 2010) JANUARY 2015 Billy Collins hosted by Kendra Kopelke (debut 2015) SAVE THE DATE Friday, February 6, 2015 37th Evening of Irish Music & Poetry with novelist Emma Donoghue and Narrowbacks WELCOME In September 2014, HoCoPoLitSo welcomed new board members Katy Day, Andrea Martinez and Sebastian Warren. Have a favorite HoCoPoLitSo memory? An interesting encounter with a novelist or poet? Share your remembrances: HoCoPoLitSo.org or email to [email protected]. 40 Years of Words,Wisdom and Wonder Plan to join us Friday, February 6, 2015 37th Annual Irish Evening ENLARGING THE AUDIENCE FOR CONTEMPORARY POETRY & LITERATURE SINCE 1974 By Tara Hart, HoCoPoLitSo board co-chair I was already pleased with my new home of Columbia, this city of villages, when I attended my first HoCoPoLitSo event in 2004, but the attentive, lively, diverse audience, rapt and reverent dur- ing the reading, full of intelligent questions and good conversa- tion afterwards at the reception, deepened that pleasure into a lasting love. Of course HoCoPoLitSo is synonymous with great writers, but forty years ago Ellen Conroy Kennedy created this organization for us, the readers: the ideal audience for contem- porary literature. Each HoCoPoLitSo event, thoughtfully designed along lines of simplicity and open space to allow the words to flow and shine alchemically among writers and listen- ers, has become an important piece of Howard County’s cultural history. Perhaps you were part of the story this past June, as we came together to be “haunted” by Katia D. Ulysse’s words and songs of those whose lives were broken by the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, to hear Irish poets Paula Meehan and Theo Dorgan and the always inspir- ing music of Narrowbacks, to be delighted by former National Poet Laureate Billy Collins. Or perhaps you were part of HoCoPoLitSo’s 40th Anniversary Celebration, with former National Poet Laureate, Rita Dove, reading from her latest collection, Sonata Mulattica, preceded by a film clip from a doc- umentary with the distinguished presence of violinist Joshua Coyne, playing original music. Our 2014 Lucille Clifton Poetry Series event was offered free of charge to the community in remembrance of the first (and free) HoCoPoLitSo poetry event with Carolyn Kizer and Lucille Clifton on November 19, 1974. Ten years ago, in that rapt hall, in my new community, I looked around: “Something is filling them, something / That is like the twilight sound / Of the crickets, immense … .” Will you join us in the immense pleasures of listening to and learning from the world’s greatest living writers? For the next forty years, we’ll con- tinue to strive to keep our events as beautifully simple, intellec- tually and spiritually spacious, and accessible as possible. The Howard County Council recently issued a proclamation in recog- nition of HoCoPoLitSo as a remarkable organization, unique in its contributions to both local and global literary heritage. The presence and investment of discriminating readers like you sustain and nourish Kennedy’s legacy. Donations to support HoCoPoLitSo’s live literary programs, student outreach, and editions of The Writing Life are gratefully accepted. See www.hocopolitso.org for information about opportunities to purchase the special anniversary anthology, HoCoPoLitSo’s Twenty Years, Twenty Poets, Volume II: 1994-2014, about all of our unique events and giving opportunities. ANNUAL REPORT FY 2014 JULY 1, 2013-JUNE 30,2014 Members of the HoCoPoLitSo Board, including founder Ellen Conroy Kennedy at the center, gratefully accept a proclamation from the members of the County Council. Something is filling them, something That is like the twilight sound Of the crickets, immense, Filling the woods at the foot of the slope… DONALD JUSTICE, “MEN AT FORTY” (1967)

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THE WRITING LIFEThroughout the year, The Writing Life, HoCoPoLitSo’swriter-to-writer talk show, airs encore and debut editions onMaryland educational cable channels, HCC-TV and onYouTube, with 51 editions accessible worldwide. Three neweditions were produced: Siobhan Fallon hosted by KristenHenderson; Paula Meehan and Theo Dorgan in conversa-tion; and Billy Collins hosted by Kendra Kopelke. Four edi-tions debuted, featuring Toi Derricotte, Colum McCann,Patricia Smith, and Rives and Rachel Eliza Griffiths. The fiscalyear 2014 program schedule was: July: Roland Flint hostsRobert Hass (encore 1996); August: Laura Lippman host-ed by Mary Kay Zuravleff (encore 2009); September: SaulBellow (remastered 2005); October: Toi Derricotte hostedby E. Ethelbert Miller (debut 2013); November: LucilleClifton hosts Linda Pastan (encore 1992); December: ManilSuri hosted by Sangeeta Ray (encore 2009); January 2014:Timothy L. Jenkins hosts Taylor Branch (encore 2000);February: Michael Collier meets Paula Meehan (encore2000); March: Colum McCann hosted by Terence Winch(debut 2014); April: Rives and Rachel Eliza Griffiths (debut2014); May: Martín Espada hosted by Naomi Ayala (encore2012) and June: Patricia Smith hosted by Joseph Ross(debut 2014).

THE WRITING LIFE THIS WINTERNOVEMBER 2014

Lucille Clifton hosts Linda Pastan (encore 1992)

DECEMBER 2014

Julie Otsuka hosted by Gene Oishi (encore 2010)

JANUARY 2015

Billy Collins hosted by Kendra Kopelke (debut 2015)

SAVE THE DATEFriday, February 6, 201537th Evening of Irish Music & Poetry with novelist Emma Donoghue and Narrowbacks

WELCOMEIn September 2014, HoCoPoLitSo welcomed new board members Katy Day, Andrea Martinez and Sebastian Warren.

Have a favorite HoCoPoLitSo memory? An interestingencounter with a novelist or poet? Share your remembrances:HoCoPoLitSo.org or email to [email protected].

40 Years of Words,Wisdom and WonderPlan to join us

Friday, February 6, 2015

37th AnnualIrish Evening

E N L A R G I N G T H E A U D I E N C E F O R C O N T E M P O R A R Y P O E T R Y & L I T E R A T U R E S I N C E 1 9 7 4

By Tara Hart, HoCoPoLitSo board co-chair

I was already pleased with my new home of Columbia, this cityof villages, when I attended my first HoCoPoLitSo event in 2004,but the attentive, lively, diverse audience, rapt and reverent dur-ing the reading, full of intelligent questions and good conversa-tion afterwards at the reception, deepened that pleasure into alasting love. Of course HoCoPoLitSo is synonymous with greatwriters, but forty years ago Ellen Conroy Kennedy created thisorganization for us, the readers: the ideal audience for contem-porary literature. Each HoCoPoLitSo event, thoughtfullydesigned along lines of simplicity and open space to allow thewords to flow and shine alchemically among writers and listen-ers, has become an important piece of Howard County’s culturalhistory.

Perhaps you were part of the story this past June, as we cametogether to be “haunted” by KatiaD. Ulysse’s words and songs ofthose whose lives were broken bythe 2010 earthquake in Haiti, tohear Irish poets Paula Meehan andTheo Dorgan and the always inspir-ing music of Narrowbacks, to bedelighted by former National PoetLaureate Billy Collins. Or perhapsyou were part of HoCoPoLitSo’s40th Anniversary Celebration, with

former National Poet Laureate, Rita Dove, reading from her latestcollection, Sonata Mulattica, preceded by a film clip from a doc-umentary with the distinguished presence of violinist JoshuaCoyne, playing original music. Our 2014 Lucille Clifton PoetrySeries event was offered free of charge to the community inremembrance of the first (and free) HoCoPoLitSo poetry eventwith Carolyn Kizer and Lucille Clifton on November 19, 1974.

Ten years ago, in that rapt hall, in my new community, I lookedaround: “Something is filling them, something / That is like thetwilight sound / Of the crickets, immense … .” Will you joinus in the immense pleasures of listening to and learning from theworld’s greatest living writers? For the next forty years, we’ll con-tinue to strive to keep our events as beautifully simple, intellec-tually and spiritually spacious, and accessible as possible. TheHoward County Council recently issued a proclamation in recog-nition of HoCoPoLitSo as a remarkable organization, unique inits contributions to both local and global literary heritage.

The presence and investment of discriminating readers like yousustain and nourish Kennedy’s legacy. Donations to supportHoCoPoLitSo’s live literary programs, student outreach, and editions of The Writing Life are gratefully accepted. Seewww.hocopolitso.org for information about opportunities to purchase the special anniversary anthology, HoCoPoLitSo’sTwenty Years, Twenty Poets, Volume II: 1994-2014, about all of ourunique events and giving opportunities.

ANNUAL REPORT FY 2014 JULY 1, 2013-JUNE 30,2014

Members of the HoCoPoLitSo Board,including founder Ellen ConroyKennedy at the center, gratefullyaccept a proclamation from the members of the County Council.

Something is filling them, somethingThat is like the twilight soundOf the crickets, immense,Filling the woods at the foot of the slope…

DONALD JUSTICE, “MEN AT FORTY” (1967)

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PLATINUM BENEFACTORS $10,000-$15,000Howard County Arts Council through a grant from HowardCounty Government

GOLD BENEFACTORS$5,000 to $9,999Maryland Arts Council, through

the State of MD and NEA

SILVER BENEFACTORS$2,500 to $4,999Columbia Film Society in honor of Ellen Kennedy and 40th Anniversary

Edward A. Harris & Heather Harris Tepe

Howard Community College–English/World LanguagesDivision, Office of Student Life

Howard County Public School System

BRONZE BENEFACTORS$1,000 to $2,499Anne Barney, Steve Van OrderCommunity Foundation of

Howard CountyJ. Edward & Fern HamelKennedy Foundationin honor of Gregory & Pamela Woolford Martin

Monica Gallivan LackJean & Bob MoonJim & Patty Rouse Charitable

Foundation

BENEFACTORS $500 to $999Candlelight Concert SocietySheraton Columbia Hotel

SPONSORS $250 to $499Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.David H. BarrettDianne Connellyin memory of Lucille Clifton

Susan Thornton HobbyEllen C. Kennedyin memory of Robert Emmet Kennedy &Jean MacLeod Kennedy,Rev. Christopher Kennedy, Moira Kennedy Pomeroy

Kathleen & William LarsonSusan PadgettTim & Beth SingletonCatherine & Mallory SmithFrank & Laura YooZinc Films

PATRONS $100 to $249Mary Azrael Anne V. BarkerLiz Bobo & Lloyd KnowlesColumbia (MD) Alumnae

Chapter Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

Nancy ColburnDr. Joanne & Mr. Andrew

DerangerPete & Tina DinwoodieMary Pat DonelanJack & Nancy FarrellMargaret GesellDr. Catherine GiraTara Hart, Stephen HorvathJohn & Kate HetheringtonCarolyn Kelemen Family in memory of Mike Kushner, Patty Rooneyin honor of Bob Moon

Mary Kay KenneyLifeTime FitnessLittle Patuxent ReviewLiving Wellness Chiropractic of

Columbia

Denny Lynch PhotographyLynn’s Day SpaCatherine McLoughlin-Hayesin memory of Monica GallivanLack

Jenny O’GradyZeleana Morrisin memory of Steve Morris

Esen & Ralph Paradisoin memory Nezihe Sungu

Ted and Dee PeckRuth C. PennLaura ShovanPamela Simonsonin memory of Ruth S. Barram

Cherise TaskerMarcia and Marvin ThomasMelissa WilkinsRev Sadie & Pamela Woolfordin memory of Llewellyn W. Woolford, Sr.

DONORS $50 to $99Absolutely Wine & SpirtsKathleen O. BowenLinda Joy Burkein memory of Lucille Clifton

Eileen S. CleggClyde’s of ColumbiaColumbia Art CenterColumbia Festival of the ArtsMary Doneganin honor of Irish Evening

Louise DoveJulie DunlapMary Ellen DuncanGreat Harvest BreadsPatrick Greenin honor of Pamela Simonson

Tara Hartin honor of Ryna May

Norma & George HillBarbara LawsonBarbara LivieratosRussell Phillippi

in memory of Joan Phillippi

Susan PigmanTom & Lorri RothMay Ruth SeidelShannon’s SaloonTrader Joe’s Patricia Van AmburgTerence Winch

FRIENDS UP TO $49Melinda AbbottCalvin R. AustinPatrick ClancyPaul ClavelleGinny D’AiutoloFrances DawsonDebra DevoeDick DowlingC. Vernon GrayGuy GuzzoneLarry FentonKathleen HurwitzMarlyn M. JohnsonChaya & Gerson Kaplanin honor of Ellen Kennedy

Dr. Pearl David Lauferin memory of Emmy Kolodny

Adele LevineVirgie A & Joseph MasonJoseph McDonaldAlesia McManusMargaret McMahonHenry Niesein honor of WCW, a friend

Louise RiemerBarbara RussellMahvash ShaheghKathleen ShemerFrancine Sheppardin memory of Mary Margaret Kamerman

Sue S. SlaterVirginia Staceyin honor of Mary Virginia Murphy

Al StarrJoanne Susca

VOLUNTEERSNour AboumatarSandra BarrettEmily BellorEmily CarterHelen CarterRichard CarterMaria ChangColumbia (MD) Alumnae

Chapter Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

Kylah CookeSarah CotnerMary Pat DonelanFaheem DyerChelsea EnglishMickey GomezJose GonzalesWill HillKathy HurwitzKevin HoAndrew KimStephanie Lemghari MayCarlos LopezAndrea MartinezBrian MasonRyna MayAnjali MulloorLinda PossehlAnne ReisKaya RobertsLauren RobinsonDevyn RorieShari SpearmanFred TancordoSebastian WarrenLee WaxmanLynn WeberEdward WilliamsPatricia Van Amburg

HoCoPoLitSo is grateful to everyone for their generous cashand in-kind gifts that help todefray each year’s operatingexpenses.

Season HighlightsJuly 2013-June 2014

HoCoPoLitSo opened its literary season onSaturday, November 9, 2013, with the thirdannual Lucille Clifton Poetry Series featuringformer Maryland Poet Laureate Michael S.Glaser leading a daylong workshop and anevening reading, Telling Our Stories: Michael S.Glaser Celebrates Lucille Clifton. The Columbia(MD) Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma ThetaSorority was a co-sponsor. Five of the workshopparticipants, who wrote poems in the spirit ofClifton, read their work during the eveningevent with Glaser. “A thousand gratitudes haveflown through my mind and I am sure that thecount will grow further as the events of the dayreally sink in,” wrote one participant.

The 36th Evening of Irish Music and Poetry onFriday, March 14, 2014, featured poets TheoDorgan and Paula Meehan, Ireland Professor ofPoetry, along with performances byNarrowbacks Linda Hickman, BrendanMulvihill, Terence Winch, Jesse Winch, withEileen Korn Estes, and step dancers from theCulkin School.Harpist RichardMcCready provideda prelude.

On Thursday,April 24, 2014, inpartnership withHoward Commun-ity College (HCC),

the fifth annual Blackbird Poetry Festival fea-tured former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins,called “the most popular poet in America” byThe New York Times, and Bruce George, poetand co-founder of HBO’s Def Poetry Jam.

In partnership with the Columbia Festival of theArts on Wednesday, June 25, 2014, HoCo-PoLitSo sponsored a book preview with KatiaD. Ulysse for her debut novel Drifting.

Student AudiencesBill’s Buddies, an acting troupe from theFolger Shakespeare Library in Washington,D.C., staged an interactive Shakespeare per-formance on Wednesday, December 18, 2013,at Marriotts Ridge High School for morethan 750 middle school students in partnershipwith the Howard County Public School Systemand the Jim and Patty Rouse CharitableFoundation.

HoCoPoLitSo’s 22nd poet-in-residence JennyO’Grady made presentations at ten countypublic high schools, the Homewood Center andHoward Community College from February to

April 2014, meetingmore than 550 stu-dents and postingtheir work online in anewly created site.

HoCoPoLitSo heldits 33rd All-CountyWriting Competitionfor county high

school students. This year’s judges were PatriciaVan Amburg, poet and HCC professor; SarahCotner, media specialist; and Mickey Gomez,executive director, Volunteer Center ServingHoward County. The six creative writing win-ners were Destanee Hamilton (Centennial),Kelly Wan, (Centennial), and CarolineLawrence (Centennial) in the personal essaycategory and Claire Smith (Long Reach), LukeMitchell (Centennial) and Mary Crowe(Centennial) in the poetry category. In addi-tion, twenty-two students were chosen by theirEnglish departments to receive HoCoPoLitSo’sPromise and Achievement Award inLanguage Arts. The honorees were: JuliaBryant, Nicolas Torres (Atholton), LukeMitchell, Samantha Whittemore(Centennial), Julia E. Berry, Jessica L. Cooper(Glenelg), Alexander Quinter, Julia Reed(Hammond), Miya Miro (HomewoodCenter), Mallory V. Smith (Howard),Caroline S. Yang (Long Reach), KellyHamilton, Venya Gushchin (Marriotts Ridge),Olivia Barnum, Kriti Gyawali (Mt. Hebron),Anika N. Jensen, Sarah A. Schuman (OaklandMills), Jaena Chu, Brendan Sheehy(Reservoir), Kimia Abtahi (River Hill), ElliotFrank, and Yasmin Shemali (Wilde Lake).Mallory V. Smith (Howard), youth member ofthe HoCoPoLitSo Board of Directors, was hon-ored with a Youth Poetry Ambassador Award.

PartnershipsAs part of HoCoPoLitSo’s objective of buildingand maintaining community relationships, thesociety co-sponsored the following readings:Siobhan Fallon, award-winning author of YouKnow When the Men Are Gone, who traveledfrom her home in Abu Dhabi in October, withthe Howard County Book Connection,Howard Community College (HCC) andHoward County Library System (HCLS); NewYork Times-bestselling novelist Vaddey Ratner,a survivor of the Khmer Rouge regime’s brutal-ity in Cambodia, with HCLS; in February,Temperament Through Time: How Music Becamea Battleground for the Great Minds of WesternCivilization, featuring acclaimed author StuartIsacoff and Washington Post classical music criticand author Anne Midgette, with theCandlelight Concert Society; and in May,MacArthur Genius Grant Fellow ChimamandaAdichie, author of the novel Americanah, withthe HCLS.

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A N N U A L C O N T R I B U T O R SThis list includes cash and major in-kind contributions from July 1, 2013-October 30, 2014. Serial gifts by the same contributor aremerged. Every effort has been made to include all names and to spell them correctly. Please let us know if there are errors or omissions.

E N D O W M E N T G I F T SEnsure HoCoPoLitSo’s FUTURE. Gifts and pledges to the HoCoPoLitSo Fund

at the Community Foundation of Howard County from February 1996-October 30, 2014.

NOBEL CIRCLE$20,000 and upPadraic & Ellen KennedyJean & Bob Moon In memory of Bessie Hurni Flanagan

Patty Rouse

LITERARY LIONS$10,000 – $19,999Hamel Family FundPeter & Beth HorowitzMichael MoonIn honor of Jean Moon

The Columbia Foundation

LAUREATE CIRCLE$1,000 – $9,999Alpha Phi AlphaBarbara LawsonHarry “Chip” LundyPam & Steve MackDonald & Brigitte ManekinIn Honor of Ellen Conroy Kennedy

Lanny Morrison & Lynne Nemeth

Morris & Edie Range

PULITZER CIRCLE$250-$999Ann Barney & Steve Van OrderDavid BarrettSaundra Barrett

Lucille Clifton Dianne M. ConnellyFrank & Margaret Lee Conroy Minta D. DavisIn Honor of Ellen Conroy Kennedy

Paula & Franco EinaudiIn honor of Padraic and Ellen Kennedy

Sandra B GoolsbyFloyd & Cassandra GraysonDan & Mary Margaret

KamermanTo honor Pearl Tobin

Gordon MumpowerLinda OdumFred & Virginia PauschLawrence Pomeroy In memory of Moira Kennedy Pomeroy

Jim & Patty Rouse Charitable Foundation

Tim & Beth SingletonAllan StarkeyMarvin & Marcia ThomasEmerson & Celonia Walden

SUSTAINER $100-$249Anne & George BarkerVirginia BatesFrederick & Catherine ChicconeEdward & Joan CochranMary Donegon Philip & Barbara Gallagher

Douglas Heinrichs & Diane Marshall

Susan Thornton HobbyMichael & Carolyn KelemenLinda & Robert KellerJanice KisnerDonna LyleRichard & Mary Louise

McCallyCatherine McLoughlin-HayesHelen & Joe MitchellRuth PennBeverly Fearn PorterCarol S. Rodricks Hanne SkovHilary Tham

PARTICIPANTUp to $99Ann AugustineIn honor of Robert M. Vaeth

Ann BarneyIn memory of Jessalyn G. Barney

Cradelia BirdsongMr. & Mrs. John BuckSusan & Jeremy ClaytonEileen CleggDaphne D. ComegysRichard DowlingNaomi HaymanJocelyn KnowlesJack KnoxKathleen B. Larson

Joan Greenberg & Barbara LawsonIn memory of Fredericka Clifton

Thomas & Mary LorsungVirgie MasonSylvia PadowRussell (Joan) PhillippiMichael & Louise RiemerMr. & Mrs. Stanley RodbellNora ScanlanLawrence & Patricia TaubmanMargot TreitelIn memory of Raphael Treitel

Bayard WaterburyTerence Winch

GIFTS IN HONOR OF ELLENCONROY KENNEDYJudith AdamsSteve AlpernVirginia BatesKathleen O. BowenAnn BrackenPatrick & Judith ClancyEileen CleggMary Anne ColeDianne M. ConnellyJoan CorhranHelen Rosalind CowieJoetta CrammDaedalus BooksGinny D’AiutoloBonnie S. DanielWilliam DoveJohn Farrell

Dr. Catherine GiraMary T. GouldJohn HardingDr. Tara HartKen JenningsHazel Swann JonesMary M. KamermanChaya KaplanKathleen LarsonPearl D. LauferBarbara LawsonAlexander LeakAdele K. LevineAnne R. MarkhamVirgie A. S. MarkhamRussell & Mary Louise McCallyJean M. MeiselBarbara MerkeHelen Buss MitchellGail MooreLanny Morrison & Lynne

NemethEsen & Ralph ParadisoLawrence PomeroyCarol S. Rodricks FoundationBarbara & Robert RussellMay Ruth & Henry SeidelTim & Beth SingletonHanne SkovHilary ThamMarvin & Marsha ThomasVerity Weston-TrubyMelissa A. Wilkins

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