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Corey D. Marks

Title: Professor

Department: English

College: College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Curriculum Vitae

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Education

  • PhD, University of Houston, 2000
    Major: English - Creative Writing and Literature
  • MFA, Warren Wilson College, 1994
    Major: Creative Writing Poetry
  • BA, Kalamazoo College, 1992
    Major: English

Current Scheduled Teaching

ENGL 5420.001Creative Writing: PoetrySpring 2025
ENGL 6941.728Directed ResearchSpring 2025
ENGL 6950.728Doctoral DissertationSpring 2025
ENGL 4110.002Advanced Poetry WritingFall 2024 Syllabus
ENGL 6941.728Directed ResearchFall 2024
ENGL 6950.728Doctoral DissertationFall 2024
ENGL 5950.728Master's ThesisFall 2024
ENGL 6900.728Special ProblemsFall 2024
Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Previous Scheduled Teaching

ENGL 6941.728Directed ResearchSpring 2024
ENGL 6950.728Doctoral DissertationSpring 2024
ENGL 5140.001Form and Theory: PoetrySpring 2024 SPOT
ENGL 6941.728Directed ResearchFall 2023
ENGL 6950.728Doctoral DissertationFall 2023
ENGL 6950.728Doctoral DissertationSummer 10W 2023
ENGL 4110.001Advanced Poetry WritingSpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 6941.728Directed ResearchSpring 2023
ENGL 6950.728Doctoral DissertationSpring 2023
ENGL 5420.001Creative Writing: PoetryFall 2022 SPOT
ENGL 6941.728Directed ResearchFall 2022
ENGL 6950.728Doctoral DissertationFall 2022
ENGL 4110.001Advanced Poetry WritingSpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 6941.728Directed ResearchSpring 2022
ENGL 6950.728Doctoral DissertationSpring 2022
ENGL 5900.728Special ProblemsSpring 2022
ENGL 5420.001Creative Writing: PoetryFall 2021 SPOT
ENGL 6941.728Directed ResearchFall 2021
ENGL 6950.728Doctoral DissertationFall 2021
ENGL 5950.728Master's ThesisFall 2021
ENGL 6950.728Doctoral DissertationSummer 5W1 2021
ENGL 4110.001Advanced Poetry WritingSpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 6941.728Directed ResearchSpring 2021
ENGL 6950.728Doctoral DissertationSpring 2021
ENGL 5950.728Master's ThesisSpring 2021
ENGL 3150.003Beginning Poetry WritingFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 5420.002Creative Writing: PoetryFall 2020 SPOT
ENGL 6941.728Directed ResearchFall 2020
ENGL 6950.728Doctoral DissertationFall 2020
ENGL 5950.728Master's ThesisFall 2020
ENGL 6950.728Doctoral DissertationSpring 2020
ENGL 5140.001Form and Theory: PoetrySpring 2020
ENGL 6950.728Doctoral DissertationFall 2019
ENGL 5420.001Creative Writing: PoetrySpring 2019 SPOT
ENGL 6941.728Directed ResearchSpring 2019
ENGL 6950.728Doctoral DissertationSpring 2019
ENGL 4110.002Advanced Poetry WritingFall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 6941.728Directed ResearchFall 2018
ENGL 6950.728Doctoral DissertationFall 2018
ENGL 3150.001Intermediate Creative Writing: PoetryFall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 4900.728Special ProblemsFall 2018
ENGL 4110.001Advanced Poetry WritingSpring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 6950.728Doctoral DissertationSpring 2018
ENGL 4900.728Special ProblemsSpring 2018
ENGL 5420.002Creative Writing: PoetryFall 2017 SPOT
ENGL 6941.728Directed ResearchFall 2017
ENGL 6950.728Doctoral DissertationFall 2017
ENGL 3150.004Intermediate Creative Writing: PoetryFall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 6941.728Directed ResearchSpring 2017
ENGL 6950.728Doctoral DissertationSpring 2017
ENGL 3150.003Intermediate Creative Writing: PoetrySpring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 5950.728Master's ThesisSpring 2017
ENGL 4110.002Advanced Poetry WritingFall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 6941.728Directed ResearchFall 2016
ENGL 6950.728Doctoral DissertationFall 2016
ENGL 6950.738Doctoral DissertationFall 2016
ENGL 5900.728Special ProblemsFall 2016
ENGL 6941.728Directed ResearchSpring 2016
ENGL 6950.728Doctoral DissertationSpring 2016
ENGL 3150.003Intermediate Creative Writing: PoetrySpring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 5950.728Master's ThesisSpring 2016
ENGL 5900.728Special ProblemsSpring 2016
ENGL 4110.002Advanced Poetry WritingFall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 5420.001Creative Writing: PoetryFall 2015 SPOT
ENGL 6941.728Directed ResearchFall 2015
ENGL 6950.728Doctoral DissertationFall 2015
ENGL 5950.728Master's ThesisFall 2015
ENGL 4900.728Special ProblemsFall 2015
ENGL 5900.728Special ProblemsFall 2015
ENGL 5900.728Special ProblemsSummer 10W 2015
ENGL 4110.001Advanced Poetry WritingSpring 2015 Syllabus
ENGL 6950.728Doctoral DissertationSpring 2015
ENGL 5900.728Special ProblemsSpring 2015
ENGL 6941.728Directed ResearchFall 2014
ENGL 6950.728Doctoral DissertationFall 2014
ENGL 6941.728Directed ResearchSummer 5W1 2014
ENGL 6950.728Doctoral DissertationSummer 5W2 2014
ENGL 6950.728Doctoral DissertationSummer 5W1 2014
ENGL 5950.728Master's ThesisSummer 5W1 2014
ENGL 5900.728Special ProblemsSummer 5W1 2014
ENGL 5420.001Creative Writing: PoetrySpring 2014
ENGL 6941.728Directed ResearchSpring 2014
ENGL 6950.728Doctoral DissertationSpring 2014
ENGL 5950.728Master's ThesisSpring 2014
ENGL 5900.728Special ProblemsSpring 2014
ENGL 4110.002Advanced Poetry WritingFall 2013 Syllabus
ENGL 6941.728Directed ResearchFall 2013
ENGL 6950.728Doctoral DissertationFall 2013
ENGL 3150.004Intermediate Creative Writing: PoetryFall 2013 Syllabus
ENGL 5950.728Master's ThesisFall 2013
ENGL 4900.728Special ProblemsFall 2013
ENGL 5900.728Special ProblemsFall 2013
ENGL 5950.728Master's ThesisSummer 5W1 2013
ENGL 5420.001Creative Writing: PoetrySpring 2013
ENGL 6950.728Doctoral DissertationSpring 2013
ENGL 5950.728Master's ThesisSpring 2013
ENGL 5900.728Special ProblemsSpring 2013
ENGL 4110.002Advanced Poetry WritingFall 2012 Syllabus
ENGL 6941.728Directed ResearchFall 2012
ENGL 6950.728Doctoral DissertationFall 2012
ENGL 3150.004Intermediate Creative Writing: PoetryFall 2012 Syllabus
ENGL 4900.728Special ProblemsFall 2012
ENGL 6950.728Doctoral DissertationSummer 5W2 2012
ENGL 6950.728Doctoral DissertationSummer 5W1 2012
ENGL 6941.728Directed ResearchSpring 2012
ENGL 6942.728Directed ResearchSpring 2012
ENGL 6950.728Doctoral DissertationSpring 2012
ENGL 4110.002Advanced Poetry WritingFall 2011 Syllabus
ENGL 6941.728Directed ResearchFall 2011
ENGL 6950.728Doctoral DissertationFall 2011
ENGL 3150.004Intermediate Creative Writing: PoetryFall 2011 Syllabus
ENGL 4900.728Special ProblemsFall 2011
ENGL 5900.728Special ProblemsFall 2011
ENGL 6941.728Directed ResearchSummer 5W1 2011
ENGL 6941.728Directed ResearchSummer 5W2 2011
ENGL 6941.728Directed ResearchSpring 2011
ENGL 6950.728Doctoral DissertationSpring 2011
ENGL 4951.728Honors College Capstone ThesisSpring 2011
ENGL 3150.004Intermediate Creative Writing: PoetrySpring 2011 Syllabus
ENGL 4110.002Advanced Poetry WritingFall 2010 Syllabus
ENGL 5420.001Creative Writing: PoetryFall 2010
ENGL 6941.728Directed ResearchFall 2010
ENGL 6950.728Doctoral DissertationFall 2010
ENGL 5900.728Special ProblemsFall 2010
ENGL 6941.728Directed ResearchSummer 5W1 2010
ENGL 6941.728Directed ResearchSummer 5W2 2010
ENGL 5420.001Creative Writing: PoetrySpring 2010
ENGL 6941.728Directed ResearchSpring 2010
ENGL 6950.728Doctoral DissertationSpring 2010
ENGL 3150.001Intermediate Creative Writing: PoetrySpring 2010
ENGL 5950.728Master's ThesisSpring 2010
ENGL 4900.728Special ProblemsSpring 2010
ENGL 5900.728Special ProblemsSpring 2010
ENGL 4110.002Advanced Poetry WritingFall 2009
ENGL 6950.728Doctoral DissertationFall 2009
ENGL 5950.728Master's ThesisFall 2009
ENGL 6530.001Seminar in American Literature, 1865 to the PresentFall 2009
ENGL 5900.728Special ProblemsFall 2009
ENGL 5950.728Master's ThesisSummer 5W1 2009
ENGL 6950.728Doctoral DissertationSpring 2009
ENGL 3150.002Intermediate Creative Writing: PoetrySpring 2009
ENGL 3150.003Intermediate Creative Writing: PoetrySpring 2009
ENGL 5950.728Master's ThesisSpring 2009
ENGL 4900.728Special ProblemsSpring 2009
ENGL 5900.728Special ProblemsSpring 2009
ENGL 4110.002Advanced Poetry WritingFall 2008
ENGL 5420.001Creative Writing: PoetryFall 2008
ENGL 6941.728Directed ResearchFall 2008
ENGL 6950.728Doctoral DissertationFall 2008
ENGL 5900.728Special ProblemsFall 2008
ENGL 5900.728Special ProblemsSummer 5W2 2008
ENGL 4110.001Advanced Poetry WritingSpring 2008
ENGL 5420.001Creative Writing: PoetrySpring 2008
ENGL 6941.728Directed ResearchSpring 2008
ENGL 6950.728Doctoral DissertationSpring 2008
ENGL 6950.728Doctoral DissertationFall 2007
ENGL 5950.728Master's ThesisFall 2007
ENGL 6950.728Doctoral DissertationSummer 5W1 2007
ENGL 5900.728Special ProblemsSummer 5W1 2007
ENGL 4110.001Advanced Poetry WritingSpring 2007
ENGL 6941.728Directed ResearchSpring 2007
ENGL 3150.001Intermediate Creative Writing: PoetrySpring 2007
ENGL 5950.728Master's ThesisSpring 2007
ENGL 5900.728Special ProblemsSpring 2007
ENGL 6941.728Directed ResearchFall 2006
ENGL 5140.001Form and Theory: PoetryFall 2006
ENGL 3150.001Intermediate Creative Writing: PoetryFall 2006
ENGL 5950.728Master's ThesisFall 2006
ENGL 5900.728Special ProblemsSummer 5W1 2006
ENGL 5900.728Special ProblemsSummer 5W2 2006
ENGL 4110.001Advanced Poetry WritingSpring 2006
ENGL 5420.001Creative Writing: PoetrySpring 2006
ENGL 6941.728Directed ResearchSpring 2006
ENGL 5950.728Master's ThesisSpring 2006
ENGL 4900.728Special ProblemsSpring 2006
ENGL 5900.728Special ProblemsSpring 2006
ENGL 3150.001Intermediate Creative Writing: PoetryFall 2005
ENGL 3150.002Intermediate Creative Writing: PoetryFall 2005
ENGL 5900.728Special ProblemsSummer 5W1 2005
ENGL 5420.001Creative Writing: PoetrySpring 2005
ENGL 3150.001Intermediate Creative Writing: PoetrySpring 2005
ENGL 5950.728Master's ThesisSpring 2005
ENGL 4110.001Advanced Poetry WritingFall 2004
ENGL 3150.001Intermediate Creative Writing: PoetryFall 2004
Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book

  • Marks, C.D. (2023). The Rock That Is Not a Rabbit. Pittsburg, PA, Pitt Poetry Series/University of Pittsburgh Press.
  • Marks, C.D. (2012). The Radio Tree. New Issues Press.
  • Marks, C.D. (2000). Renunciation. National Poetry Series, selected by Philip Levine. Urbana and Chicago, University of Illinois Press.

    • Book Chapter

  • Marks, C.D., Hazelton, R., Parker, A.M. (2017). "The Wily Narrative". The Manifesto Project. 185-186. University of Akron Press.
  • Marks, C.D. (2009). "Gislebertus.". Writing Poetry: Creative and Critical Approaches. Eds. Chad Davidson and Gregory Fraser. London, Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Marks, C.D. (2007). "The Descriptive-Meditative Poem.". Structure and Surprise: A Guide to Poetic Architecture. Ed. Michael Theune. 123-145. Teachers and Writers Collaborative.
  • Marks, C.D. (2006). "After the Shipwreck.". Legitimate Dangers: American Poets of the New Century. Eds. Cate Marvin and Michael Dumanis. 251-253. Louisville, Sarabande.
  • Marks, C.D. (2006). "Portrait of a Child.". Legitimate Dangers: American Poets of the New Century. Eds. Cate Marvin and Michael Dumanis. 249-250. Louisville, Sarabande.
  • Marks, C.D. (2006). "Three Bridges.". Legitimate Dangers: American Poets of the New Century. Eds. Cate Marvin and Michael Dumanis. 250-251. Louisville, Sarabande.
  • Marks, C.D. (2005). "A Partial History of Swine.". Poetry 30: Thirtysomething American Thirtysomething Poets. Ed. Gerry LaFemina. 182-184. DuBois, PA, Mammoth Pr.
  • Marks, C.D. (2005). "Portrait of a Child.". Poetry 30: Thirtysomething American Thirtysomething Poets. Ed. Gerry LaFemina. 179-180. DuBois, PA, Mammoth Pr.
  • Marks, C.D. (2005). "The Butcher's Son.". Poetry 30: Thirtysomething American Thirtysomething Poets. Ed. Gerry LaFemina. 180-182. DuBois, PA, Mammoth Pr.
  • Marks, C.D. (2005). "The Poet's House.". Poetry 30: Thirtysomething American Thirtysomething Poets. Ed. Gerry LaFemina. 185-186. DuBois, PA, Mammoth Pr.
  • Marks, C.D. (2003). "A Letter of Explanation.". The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2002. Eds. Ellen Daltow & Terry Windling. 36-37. New York, St. Martin's Press.

    • Book Review

  • Marks, C.D. (2009). Review of New European Poets. Metamorphoses.

    • Journal Article

  • Marks, C.D. (2010). "Bell". Other. Routledge.
  • Marks, C.D. (2010). "Dumb Luck". The Threepenny Review.
  • Marks, C.D. (2010). "Little Bird". Other. Routledge.
  • Marks, C.D. (2009). "After the Shipwreck" (a different poem with the same title was published previously). New England Review.
  • Marks, C.D. (2009). "And Winter". Poetry Northwest.
  • Marks, C.D. (2009). "Sleeper Lake Fire". New England Review.
  • Marks, C.D. (2008). "Fire and Tulips". Third Coast.
  • Marks, C.D. (2008). "Loss". Subtropics. 6 53-54.
  • Marks, C.D. (2008). "Hotel Fire". Triquarterly. 130 231-232.
  • Marks, C.D. (2008). "House with a Bed of Tulips". Cincinnati Review. 4 (2) 29-30.
  • Marks, C.D. (2008). "The Empty Theatre". Triquarterly. 130 230.
  • Marks, C.D. (2008). "The Lake". Triquarterly. 130 227-229.
  • Marks, C.D. (2007). A Brief Account of My Thirty-Third Year. The Seattle Review. 1 (01) 53-54.
  • Marks, C.D. (2007). The Radio Tree. The Threepenny Review. 110 7.
  • Marks, C.D. (2007). "Semper Augustus". Ploughshares. 104-106.
  • Marks, C.D. (2006). At Seven. Southwest Review. 94 (4) 545-546.
  • Marks, C.D. (2006). Lullaby. Other. 5 75-79.
  • Marks, C.D. (2005). Miguel Hernandez, Madrid, 1934. Virginia Quarterly Review. 81 (3) 146-147.
  • Marks, C.D. (2005). Three Bridges. New England Review. 26 (3) 149-150.
  • Marks, C.D. (2004). The Poet's House. Triquarterly. 118 92-93.
  • Marks, C.D. (2004). To the Reader. Triquarterly. 118 94-95.
  • Marks, C.D. (2002). A Letter of Explanation. The Paris Review. 162 23-24.
  • Marks, C.D. (2001). A Scale Model of Childhood. Gulf Coast. 8 (1) 121-122.
  • Marks, C.D. (2001). The Butcher's Son. Gulf Coast. 8 (1) 118-119.
  • Marks, C.D. (2001). The Lost Child. Gulf Coast. 8 (1) 120.
  • Marks, C.D. (2000). Sparrows. Other.
  • Marks, C.D. (2000). Renunciation. The Paris Review. 155 321-328.
  • Marks, C.D. (2000). The Wrong Story. ORiON . 19 (3) 21.
  • Marks, C.D. (2000). Minotaur. Other.
  • Marks, C.D. (2000). Littoral. New England Review. 21 (1) 78-79.
  • Marks, C.D. (2000). Minotaur. New England Review. 21 (1) 80-82.
  • Marks, C.D. (1999). For Keats, After Keats. The Paris Review. 151 170-173.
  • Marks, C.D. (1999). Soup. Raritan. 19 55-58.
  • Marks, C.D. (1997). Heart of Ash. CutBank. 47 54-55.
  • Marks, C.D. (1997). What Fire Wants. CutBank. 56-57.
  • Marks, C.D. (1997). A Partial History of Swine. Black Warrior Review. 24 (1) 18-20.
  • Marks, C.D. (1997). American Monochrome. The Paris Review. 144 34-36.
  • Marks, C.D. (1997). Gislebertus. New England Review. 18 (3) 88.
  • Marks, C.D. (1996). Sparrows. The Paris Review. 138 183-184.
  • Marks, C.D. (1996). Elegy for the Music. Other. 21 (1) 136-137.
  • Marks, C.D. (1996). Solace. The Paris Review. 184-186.
  • Marks, C.D. (1995). Light. Indiana Review. 18 (1) 7-8.
  • Marks, C.D. (1995). Portrait of a Child. The Antioch Review. 53 (1) 70-71.

    • Monograph

  • Marks, C.D. (2008). Fire and Tulips. Denton, Texas, Trilobite Press.

    • Poem

  • Marks, C.D. (2023). "The Bird and the Statue". Five Points. (Vol. 22 No.1) 140-143.
  • Marks, C. (2022). "Skylab". AGNI. (96) 56-57.
  • Marks, C. (2022). "The Rock that Is Not a Rabbit". Poetry Daily. poems.com
  • Marks, C. (2022). "The Rock that Is Not a Rabbit". 32 Poems. 19 (2) 8.
  • Marks, C. (2021). "Wild Parsnips". The Sewanee Review. CXXIX (2)
  • Marks, C. (2021). “Chernobyl Fox Makes and Eats Six-Layer Sandwich”. Birmingham Poetry Review. (48) 110.
  • Marks, C. (2021). “Drift”. Birmingham Poetry Review. (48) 116-117.
  • Marks, C. (2021). “Elegy for a Satellite”. Birmingham Poetry Review. (48) 111-112.
  • Marks, C. (2021). “The Freighters”. Birmingham Poetry Review. (48) 113-115.
  • Marks, C. (2021). “The Horse-Headed Boy”. Birmingham Poetry Review. (48) 108-109.
  • Marks, C.D. (2020). "Lark". Other.
  • Marks, C. (2020). "School Fire". Gettysburg Review. 32 (4) 616-617.
  • Marks, C.D. (2019). "Broken Music". Academy of American Poets Poem-a-Day.
  • Marks, C.D. (2018). "Lark". The New England Review. 39 (3) 117-118.
  • Marks, C.D. (2018). "Conversation with a Dead Cicada". Copper Nickel. Fall 2018 (Number 27) 18-21.
  • Marks, C.D. (2018). "Dumb Luck". The Southern Poetry Anthology Volume VIII: Texas. 124-125. Huntsville, TX, Texas Review Press.
  • Marks, C.D. (2018). "Lullaby". The Southern Poetry Anthology Volume VIII: Texas. 126-129. Huntsville, TX, Texas Review Press.
  • Marks, C.D. (2017). "And Winter". And Here: 100 Years of Upper Peninsula Writing, 1917-2017. 268-269. Lansing, MI, Michigan State University Press.
  • Marks, C.D., Hazelton, R., Parker, A.M. (2017). "The Black Bear at Closing". The Manifesto Project. 187-188. University of Akron Press.
  • Marks, C.D., Hazelton, R., Parker, A.M. (2017). "Three Bridges". The Manifesto Project. 188-189. University of Akron Press.
  • Marks, C.D. (2016). "Actaeon's Hounds". The Threepenny Review. (146: Summer 2016) 4.
  • Marks, C.D. (2016). "The Censor Works at Home in the Evening". Birmingham Poetry Review. Birmingham Poetry Review.
  • Marks, C.D. (2016). "The Forest". Birmingham Poetry Review. Birmingham Poetry Review.
  • Marks, C.D., Olsen, W., Ridl, J. (2013). "And Winter". Poetry in Michigan/Michigan in Poetry. New Issues Press.
  • Marks, C.D. (2012). "The Black Bear at Closing". Pleiades.
  • Marks, C.D. (2012). "The Dogs". The Cortland Review.
  • Marks, C.D. (2012). "The Radio Tree". Poem of the Week. poemoftheweek.org
  • Marks, C.D. (2012). "Three Bridges". Poem of the Week. poemoftheweek.org
  • Marks, C.D. (2012). "Three Bridges". Poetry Daily. poems.com
  • Marks, C.D. (2011). "The String". The Harvard Review.
  • Marks, C.D. (2011). "The String". Verse Daily. www.versedaily.com
  • Marks, C.D. (2010). "Dumb Luck". Poetry Daily. poems.com

    • Popular Press Article

  • Marks, C.D. (2012). Interview. Poem of the Week. poemoftheweek.org
  • Marks, C.D. (2008). Interview. www.poemoftheweek.org
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Summative Rating		 Challenge and
Engagement Index		 Response Rate

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out of 7		 %
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students responded
  • Overall Summative Rating (median):
    This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
    • The course as a whole was
    • The course content was
    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
  • Challenge and Engagement Index:
    This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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