Question

A novel about traveling through this location opens with the protagonist narrowly avoiding a sinkhole that swallows a man, a car, and a dog. (10[2])Bellocosa meets the title animal at an illicit dinner party in a novel set in this place titled Tears of the Trufflepig. Makina journeys through this location to search for her brother in the novel (-5[1])Signs Preceding the End of the World. (10[1])This location is described as “una herida abierta,” (10[1])or “an open wound,” (10[1])in the opening of a book (10[1])that ends by discussing how this location causes people (10[1])to (10[1])take on a “new consciousness.” (10[2]-5[2])A book titled for this location describes eight varieties of language spoken by people (-5[1])who have passed through (-5[1])this location (10[1]-5[1])in the section “How to Tame a Wild Tongue.” (10[1])For 10 (10[1])points, (10[1])a book by Gloria Anzaldúa (10[1])subtitled “The New Mestiza” describes forms of culture originating from immigrants who have crossed what location? (10[1])■END■ (10[5])

ANSWER: US–Mexico border [or equivalents like the border between America and Mexico; accept Texas–Mexico border or equivalents; accept Rio Grande or Río Bravo del Norte; prompt on Borderlands or border or Borderlands/La Frontera by asking “which specific border?”; prompt on Texas, TX, Mexico, Chihuahua, Coahuila, United States, USA, or America] (Fernando A. Flores wrote Tears of the Trufflepig. Yuri Herrara wrote Signs Preceding the End of the World.)
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Summary

2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y21100%0%29%108.33

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Tim MorrisonStanford ANorthwestern A2310
Khushi UmarwadiaSouth Carolina APurdue A2310
Anuttam RamjiUC Berkeley BWUSTL B58-5
Puna EkkaMinnesota BNYU A6510
Zachary WangPenn AHouston A7310
Ashish SubramanianDuke AFlorida B7710
Arya KarthikGeorgia Tech APenn State A8310
Vittal BhatNorth Carolina AChicago B9210
Noah SheidlowerColumbia AOhio State A9310
Matthew LehmannWUSTL AColumbia B9810
Karsten RynearsonYale BFlorida A9810
Mitch McCullarIllinois AChicago C98-5
Rodrigo RoseMIT AMichigan A98-5
Anson BernsBrown ACornell B112-5
Enoch YuenImperial AVirginia A116-5
Darren PetrosinoRutgers AMaryland A11810
Joel MilesMinnesota AHarvard A118-5
Arthur Delot-VilainYale AMcGill A12710
Tomás Aguilar-FragaClaremont AGeorgia Tech B12910
Collin AceRutgers BTexas A13010
Swapnil GargUC Berkeley AJohns Hopkins A13510
Mazin OmerHarvard AMinnesota A15110
Henry CafaroChicago CIllinois A15210
Todd MaslykMichigan AMIT A15210
Alana DickeyVirginia AImperial A15210
Rosa XiaCornell BBrown A15210
Neal JoshiWUSTL BUC Berkeley B15210