Question

The title character of a short story by this author suggests, “maybe it was good to smell your own stink,” in a passage in which he slowly crushes an empty beer can. At the end of a story by this author, the narrator is reminded of his daughter’s death from polio as he watches a glass of Scotch and milk shake “like the very cup of trembling” (15[2])on top of a piano. (15[1]-5[2])After reading about (15[1])his arrest in the newspaper, an unnamed math teacher takes in his (*) heroin-addicted brother and watches him play (10[1])jazz at a nightclub in a story that this (10[1])author included (10[1])in the collection Going to Meet the Man. (10[1])A series of religious visions on a threshing-floor opens the final section of a novel (10[2])by this author set (10[1])on the 14th (10[1])birthday of a preacher’s son named John Grimes. (10[2])For 10 points, name this author of “Sonny’s (10[1])Blues” (10[1])and Go Tell It on the (10[1])Mountain. ■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: James Baldwin [or James Arthur Baldwin]
<HG, American Literature>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jack ObermanSouth Carolina ANorth Carolina B6615
Roan DowlingGanon Evans Fan ClubFarrellmagnetism6615
Jeffrey XuGeorgia Tech CGeorgia A7115
William BarnesTennessee AGeorgia Tech A71-5
Robbie HahnTAMUTAG Magnet: Taylor's Version71-5
Jisoo YooTexas ATexas C7415
Omer KeskinOxfordWarwick9210
Yashwanth BajjiMichigan A Michigan B 10110
Michael MaysImperial AImperial B10310
Ben Russell JonesEdinburghDurham11110
Ivan StanisavljevicDukeJames Madison A12610
Ariel FaederMSU A and FriendArizona State12610
RoxanneOhio State AKenyon A13010
ChaseTeam 2Kenyon B13310
Luke ZhangEmory AGeorgia Tech B14110
Ben BiggsBirminghamBristol14110
Dominik MystkowskiNC StateSouth Carolina B14910
Sam FooCambridge ACambridge B15010
Owen GilroyTexas BHCC15610
Arunn SankarGeorgia Tech ATennessee A15810
Anh Khoa TranZen and the Art of BuzzingBoston College15810
Ketan PamurthyTAG Magnet: Taylor's VersionTAMU15810