Carolina Mountains Literary Festival 2022

Malaprop’s is a proud community partner for this year’s Carolina Mountains Literary Festival, being held September 8-10, 2022 in beautiful downtown Burnsville, NC. Join over 20 award-winning writers for 2 1/2 days of free sessions, workshops, book signings and more! To get a jump start on your festival reading list, we are offering a special presale opportunity (shipping or store pick up only), with 10% of all sales donated back to the CMLitFest. Or find us at the festival in the Town Center pop-up bookstore.

The Blanket Where Violet Sits By Allan Wolf, Lauren Tobia (Illustrator) Cover Image

The Blanket Where Violet Sits (Hardcover)

By Allan Wolf, Lauren Tobia (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9780763696658
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Published: Candlewick - August 30th, 2022
Behold Our Magical Garden: Poems Fresh from a School Garden By Allan Wolf, Daniel Duncan (Illustrator) Cover Image

Behold Our Magical Garden: Poems Fresh from a School Garden (Hardcover)

By Allan Wolf, Daniel Duncan (Illustrator)
$18.99
ISBN: 9781536204551
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Published: Candlewick - March 8th, 2022
The Blood-Hungry Spleen and Other Poems About Our Parts By Allan Wolf, Greg Clarke (Illustrator) Cover Image

The Blood-Hungry Spleen and Other Poems About Our Parts (Paperback)

By Allan Wolf, Greg Clarke (Illustrator)
$9.99
ISBN: 9780763638061
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Published: Candlewick - March 11th, 2008
The Day the Universe Exploded My Head: Poems to Take You into Space and Back Again By Allan Wolf, Anna Raff (Illustrator) Cover Image

The Day the Universe Exploded My Head: Poems to Take You into Space and Back Again (Hardcover)

By Allan Wolf, Anna Raff (Illustrator)
$18.99
ISBN: 9780763680251
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Published: Candlewick - March 5th, 2019
New Found Land: Lewis and Clark's Voyage of Discovery By Allan Wolf Cover Image

New Found Land: Lewis and Clark's Voyage of Discovery (Paperback)

By Allan Wolf
$19.99
ISBN: 9780763632885
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Published: Candlewick - September 11th, 2007
No Buddy Like a Book By Allan Wolf, Brianne Farley (Illustrator) Cover Image

No Buddy Like a Book (Hardcover)

By Allan Wolf, Brianne Farley (Illustrator)
$16.99
ISBN: 9781536203073
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Published: Candlewick - February 9th, 2021
The Snow Fell Three Graves Deep: Voices from the Donner Party By Allan Wolf Cover Image

The Snow Fell Three Graves Deep: Voices from the Donner Party (Hardcover)

By Allan Wolf
$22.99
ISBN: 9780763663247
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Published: Candlewick - September 8th, 2020
The Watch That Ends the Night: Voices from the Titanic By Allan Wolf Cover Image

The Watch That Ends the Night: Voices from the Titanic (Paperback)

By Allan Wolf
$19.99
ISBN: 9780763663315
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Published: Candlewick - March 26th, 2013
Who Killed Christopher Goodman? Based on a True Crime By Allan Wolf Cover Image

Who Killed Christopher Goodman? Based on a True Crime (Paperback)

By Allan Wolf
$10.99
ISBN: 9781536208771
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Published: Candlewick - August 6th, 2019
Zane's Trace By Allan Wolf Cover Image

Zane's Trace (Paperback)

By Allan Wolf
$7.99
ISBN: 9780763643782
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Published: Candlewick - February 9th, 2010
The Line That Held Us By David Joy Cover Image

The Line That Held Us (Paperback)

By David Joy
$17.00
ISBN: 9780425280287
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Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons - July 9th, 2019
The Weight of this World By David Joy Cover Image

The Weight of this World (Paperback)

By David Joy
$16.00
ISBN: 9780399574245
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Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons - June 5th, 2018
When These Mountains Burn By David Joy Cover Image

When These Mountains Burn (Hardcover)

By David Joy
$27.00
ISBN: 9780525536888
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Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons - August 18th, 2020
Where All Light Tends to Go By David Joy Cover Image

Where All Light Tends to Go (Paperback)

By David Joy
$17.00
ISBN: 9780425279793
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Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons - February 2nd, 2016
And the Crows Took Their Eyes By Vicki Lane Cover Image

And the Crows Took Their Eyes (Paperback)

By Vicki Lane
$18.95
ISBN: 9781646030118
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Published: Regal House Publishing - October 16th, 2020
Gather at the River: Twenty-Five Authors on Fishing By David Joy (Editor), Eric Rickstad (Editor) Cover Image

Gather at the River: Twenty-Five Authors on Fishing (Paperback)

By David Joy (Editor), Eric Rickstad (Editor)
$16.95
ISBN: 9781938235528
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Published: Hub City Press - May 14th, 2019
The Day of Small Things: A Novel (The Elizabeth Goodweather Appalachian Mysteries #5) By Vicki Lane Cover Image

The Day of Small Things: A Novel (The Elizabeth Goodweather Appalachian Mysteries #5) (Mass Market)

By Vicki Lane
$7.99
ISBN: 9780385342636
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Published: Dell - September 28th, 2010
In a Dark Season (The Elizabeth Goodweather Appalachian Mysteries #4) By Vicki Lane Cover Image

In a Dark Season (The Elizabeth Goodweather Appalachian Mysteries #4) (Mass Market)

By Vicki Lane
$7.99
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ISBN: 9780440243601
Published: Dell - May 20th, 2008
Signs in the Blood (The Elizabeth Goodweather Appalachian Mysteries #1) By Vicki Lane Cover Image

Signs in the Blood (The Elizabeth Goodweather Appalachian Mysteries #1) (Mass Market)

By Vicki Lane
$7.99
ISBN: 9780440242086
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Published: Dell - May 31st, 2005
Under the Skin: A Novel (The Elizabeth Goodweather Appalachian Mysteries #6) By Vicki Lane Cover Image

Under the Skin: A Novel (The Elizabeth Goodweather Appalachian Mysteries #6) (Paperback)

By Vicki Lane
$15.00
ISBN: 9780345533654
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Published: Bantam - October 18th, 2011
The Parted Earth By Anjali Enjeti Cover Image

The Parted Earth (Paperback)

By Anjali Enjeti
$16.00
ISBN: 9781938235962
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Published: Hub City Press - April 26th, 2022
Southbound: Essays on Identity, Inheritance, and Social Change By Anjali Enjeti Cover Image

Southbound: Essays on Identity, Inheritance, and Social Change (Paperback)

By Anjali Enjeti
$24.95
ISBN: 9780820360065
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Published: University of Georgia Press - April 15th, 2021
Fight Songs: A Story of Love and Sports in a Complicated South By Ed Southern Cover Image

Fight Songs: A Story of Love and Sports in a Complicated South (Hardcover)

By Ed Southern
$25.95
ISBN: 9781949467697
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Published: Blair - September 7th, 2021
The Puppeteer's Daughters By Heather Newton Cover Image

The Puppeteer's Daughters (Hardcover)

By Heather Newton
$25.99
ISBN: 9781684428588
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Published: Keylight Books - July 26th, 2022
McMullen Circle By Heather Newton Cover Image

McMullen Circle (Paperback)

By Heather Newton
$17.95
ISBN: 9781646030767
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Published: Regal House Publishing - January 17th, 2022
Under the Mercy Trees: A Novel By Heather Newton Cover Image

Under the Mercy Trees: A Novel (Paperback)

By Heather Newton
$15.99
ISBN: 9780062001344
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Published: Harper Perennial - January 18th, 2011
The Magnetic Girl By Jessica Handler Cover Image

The Magnetic Girl (Paperback)

By Jessica Handler
$16.00
ISBN: 9781938235740
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Published: Hub City Press - September 8th, 2020
Invisible Sisters: A Memoir By Jessica Handler Cover Image

Invisible Sisters: A Memoir (Paperback)

By Jessica Handler
$20.95
ISBN: 9780820348926
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Published: University of Georgia Press - September 15th, 2015
Braving the Fire: A Guide to Writing About Grief and Loss By Jessica Handler Cover Image

Braving the Fire: A Guide to Writing About Grief and Loss (Paperback)

By Jessica Handler
$17.99
ISBN: 9781250014634
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Published: St. Martin's Griffin - December 10th, 2013
Murder at Asheville's Battery Park Hotel: The Search for Helen Clevenger's Killer (True Crime) By Anne Chesky Smith Cover Image

Murder at Asheville's Battery Park Hotel: The Search for Helen Clevenger's Killer (True Crime) (Paperback)

By Anne Chesky Smith
$21.99
ISBN: 9781467145602
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Published: History Press - July 26th, 2021
Black Mountain College (Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)) By Anne Chesky Smith, Heather South Cover Image

Black Mountain College (Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)) (Paperback)

By Anne Chesky Smith, Heather South
$21.99
ISBN: 9781467122351
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Published: Arcadia Publishing (SC) - October 20th, 2014
Swannanoa (Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)) By Anne E. Chesky Smith, For the Swannanoa Valley Museum Cover Image

Swannanoa (Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)) (Paperback)

By Anne E. Chesky Smith, For the Swannanoa Valley Museum
$21.99
ISBN: 9780738599403
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Published: Arcadia Publishing (SC) - August 19th, 2013
Black Mountain By Anne Chesky Smith Cover Image

Black Mountain (Paperback)

By Anne Chesky Smith
$22.99
ISBN: 9781467128889
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Published: Arcadia Publishing (SC) - June 18th, 2018
Even as We Breathe By Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle Cover Image

Even as We Breathe (Hardcover)

By Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle
$24.95
ISBN: 9781950564064
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Published: Fireside Industries - September 8th, 2020
Anything That Happens By Cheryl Wilder Cover Image

Anything That Happens (Paperback)

By Cheryl Wilder
$17.95
ISBN: 9781950413331
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Published: Press 53 - March 25th, 2021
The Listening Skin By Glenis Redmond Cover Image

The Listening Skin (Paperback)

By Glenis Redmond
$17.95
ISBN: 9781954245259
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Published: Four Way Books - September 15th, 2022
What My Hand Say By Glenis Redmond Cover Image

What My Hand Say (Paperback)

By Glenis Redmond
$14.95
ISBN: 9781941209455
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Published: Press 53 - September 1st, 2016
The Three Harriets and Others By Glenis Redmond Cover Image

The Three Harriets and Others (Paperback)

By Glenis Redmond
$14.99
ISBN: 9781646627745
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Published: Finishing Line Press - February 25th, 2022
Resurrecting the Bones: Born from a Journey through African American Churches & Cemeteries in the Rural South By Jacinta V. White Cover Image

Resurrecting the Bones: Born from a Journey through African American Churches & Cemeteries in the Rural South (Paperback)

By Jacinta V. White
$14.95
ISBN: 9781950413102
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Published: Press 53 - September 19th, 2019
In the Lonely Backwater By Valerie Nieman Cover Image

In the Lonely Backwater (Paperback)

By Valerie Nieman
$18.95
ISBN: 9781646031795
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Published: Fitzroy Books - May 10th, 2022
To the Bones By VALERIE NIEMAN Cover Image

To the Bones (Paperback)

By VALERIE NIEMAN
$19.99
ISBN: 9781946684981
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Published: West Virginia University Press - April 25th, 2019
Blood Clay By Valerie Nieman Cover Image

Blood Clay (Paperback)

By Valerie Nieman
$17.95
ISBN: 9781935708223
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Published: Press 53 - March 15th, 2011
Hotel Worthy By Valerie Nieman Cover Image

Hotel Worthy (Paperback)

By Valerie Nieman
$14.95
ISBN: 9781941209189
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Published: Press 53 - March 20th, 2015
Wake Wake Wake By Valerie Nieman Cover Image

Wake Wake Wake (Paperback)

By Valerie Nieman
$14.00
ISBN: 9780977228355
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Published: Press 53 - September 1st, 2006
What Binds Us By Cheryl Wilder Cover Image

What Binds Us (Paperback)

By Cheryl Wilder
$13.99
ISBN: 9781635342017
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Published: Finishing Line Press - April 7th, 2017
Tethered to an Appalachian Curse By David Brown Howell Cover Image

Tethered to an Appalachian Curse (Paperback)

By David Brown Howell
$22.00
ISBN: 9781666703962
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Published: Resource Publications (CA) - July 12th, 2021
All the Colors We Will See: Reflections on Barriers, Brokenness, and Finding Our Way By Patrice Gopo Cover Image

All the Colors We Will See: Reflections on Barriers, Brokenness, and Finding Our Way (Paperback)

By Patrice Gopo
$16.99
ISBN: 9780785216483
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Published: Thomas Nelson - August 7th, 2018
Through the Mountains: The French Broad River and Time By John E. Ross Cover Image

Through the Mountains: The French Broad River and Time (Hardcover)

By John E. Ross
$34.95
ISBN: 9781621906636
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Published: Univ Tennessee Press - July 29th, 2021
Bress 'n' Nyam: Gullah Geechee Recipes from a Sixth-Generation Farmer By Matthew Raiford, Amy Paige Condon (With) Cover Image

Bress 'n' Nyam: Gullah Geechee Recipes from a Sixth-Generation Farmer (Hardcover)

By Matthew Raiford, Amy Paige Condon (With)
$30.00
ISBN: 9781682686041
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Published: Countryman Press - May 11th, 2021
To Be Like Water: Cultivating a Graceful and Fulfilling Life Through the Virtues of Water and DAO Yin Therapeutic Movement By Margot Rossi Cover Image

To Be Like Water: Cultivating a Graceful and Fulfilling Life Through the Virtues of Water and DAO Yin Therapeutic Movement (Paperback)

By Margot Rossi
$39.55
ISBN: 9781787755819
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Published: Singing Dragon - September 21st, 2021
All the Places We Call Home By Patrice Gopo, Jenin Mohammed (Illustrator) Cover Image

All the Places We Call Home (Hardcover)

By Patrice Gopo, Jenin Mohammed (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781546012665
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Published: WorthyKids - June 14th, 2022
Hopscotch By Steve Cushman Cover Image

Hopscotch (Paperback)

By Steve Cushman
$16.89
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ISBN: 9781604891782
Published: Livingston Press (AL) - May 30th, 2017
The Case of the Toxic River (Miller's Island Mysteries #1) By Cindy Cipriano Cover Image

The Case of the Toxic River (Miller's Island Mysteries #1) (Paperback)

By Cindy Cipriano
$12.18
ISBN: 9781839192388
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Published: Vulpine Press - June 29th, 2022
The Case of the Mysterious Future (Miller's Island Mysteries #2) By Cindy Cipriano Cover Image

The Case of the Mysterious Future (Miller's Island Mysteries #2) (Paperback)

By Cindy Cipriano
$10.96
ISBN: 9781839192548
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Published: Vulpine Press - June 29th, 2022
The Case of the Magnetic Rocket Fuel (Miller's Island Mysteries #3) By Cindy Cipriano Cover Image

The Case of the Magnetic Rocket Fuel (Miller's Island Mysteries #3) (Paperback)

By Cindy Cipriano
$12.18
ISBN: 9781839192654
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Published: Vulpine Press - June 29th, 2022
The Case of The Treacherous Tunnel (Miller's Island Mysteries #5) By Cindy Cipriano Cover Image

The Case of The Treacherous Tunnel (Miller's Island Mysteries #5) (Paperback)

By Cindy Cipriano
$10.96
ISBN: 9781839192975
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Published: Vulpine Press - June 29th, 2022
Fading (The Fading Series #1) By Cindy Cipriano Cover Image

Fading (The Fading Series #1) (Paperback)

By Cindy Cipriano
$11.95
ISBN: 9781634222877
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Published: Clean Teen Publishing - April 10th, 2018
One True Way By Shannon Hitchcock Cover Image

One True Way (Paperback)

By Shannon Hitchcock
$7.99
ISBN: 9781338181746
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Published: Scholastic Press - May 28th, 2019
Flying Over Water By N. H. Senzai, Shannon Hitchcock, Andrea Davis Pinkney (Editor) Cover Image

Flying Over Water (Hardcover)

By N. H. Senzai, Shannon Hitchcock, Andrea Davis Pinkney (Editor)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781338617665
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Published: Scholastic Press - October 20th, 2020
Ruby Lee and Me By Shannon Hitchcock Cover Image

Ruby Lee and Me (Paperback)

By Shannon Hitchcock
$7.99
ISBN: 9780545782319
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Published: Scholastic Press - January 30th, 2018
Saving Granddaddy's Stories: Ray Hicks, the Voice of Appalachia By Shannon Hitchcock, Sophie Page (Illustrator) Cover Image

Saving Granddaddy's Stories: Ray Hicks, the Voice of Appalachia (Paperback)

By Shannon Hitchcock, Sophie Page (Illustrator)
$7.95
ISBN: 9781478869672
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Published: Reycraft Books - March 22nd, 2021
Story Quilts: Appalachian Women Speak By Shannon Hitchcock, Sophie Page (With) Cover Image

Story Quilts: Appalachian Women Speak (Hardcover)

By Shannon Hitchcock, Sophie Page (With)
$17.95
ISBN: 9781478875376
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Published: Reycraft Books - September 30th, 2022
Heart with Joy By Steve Cushman Cover Image

Heart with Joy (Paperback)

By Steve Cushman
ISBN: 9780982539637
Availability: Out of Print
Published: Canterbury House Publishing - August 1st, 2020
How Birds Fly By Steve Cushman Cover Image

How Birds Fly (Paperback)

By Steve Cushman
$9.99
ISBN: 9780999787304
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Published: St. Andrews University Press - February 27th, 2018
Midnight Stroll By Steve Cushman Cover Image

Midnight Stroll (Paperback)

By Steve Cushman
$12.49
ISBN: 9781944251161
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Published: Finishing Line Press - December 29th, 2015
Outbound Train By Renea Winchester Cover Image

Outbound Train (Paperback)

By Renea Winchester
$14.99
ISBN: 9781645262411
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Published: Iron Stream Books - April 1st, 2020
Crossing the Rift: North Carolina Poets on 9/11 and Its Aftermath By Joseph Bathanti (Editor), David Potorti (Editor) Cover Image

Crossing the Rift: North Carolina Poets on 9/11 and Its Aftermath (Paperback)

By Joseph Bathanti (Editor), David Potorti (Editor)
$19.95
ISBN: 9781950413379
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Published: Press 53 - September 11th, 2021