Question

The boys Slumber, Rags, and Willie Dozier travel alone from Alabama to this city in the children’s novel Sad-Faced Boy. After deserting his post, the ex-soldier Jake pursues a prostitute named Felice in this city, where the furniture salesman Ray Carney gets caught up in his cousin’s hotel heist. (-5[1])A novel in this city ends with Clare (15[1])falling out of a window at a party with her childhood friend Irene. A speaker in this city likes (-5[1])(*) “a pipe for a Christmas present” and “Bessie, bop, or Bach” after being told (10[2])to “Go home and write a page tonight” (10[1])in the poem “Theme (10[1])for English B.” (10[3])A poem titled for a place in this city asks, (10[1])“What happens (10[1])to a dream deferred?” (10[1])For 10 points, (-5[2])name this American city home to a “Renaissance” in one (0[1])of its neighborhoods that included Claude McKay and Langston Hughes. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: New York City [or NYC] (The unnamed novels are, in order, Home to Harlem, Harlem Shuffle, and Passing.)
<JF, American Literature>
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2023 ARCADIA at DukeEmory, Duke, YaleY4100%0%25%114.00
2023 ARCADIA at EmoryEmory, Duke, YaleY4100%0%25%117.00
2023 ARCADIA at MarylandMaryland, OnlineY3100%0%0%104.33
2023 ARCADIA OnlineMaryland, OnlineY367%33%67%72.50

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Kevin WangGeorgia Tech CGeorgia Tech A48-5
Roan DowlingGanon Evans Fan ClubBoston College5615
Sean FarrellFarrellmagnetismMSU A and Friend75-5
Sinecio MoralesJohns HopkinsMaryland B8910
Ariel FaederMSU A and FriendFarrellmagnetism8910
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordNorth Carolina BNorth Carolina A9710
Khushi UmarwadiaSouth Carolina ASouth Carolina B10110
Arya KarthikGeorgia Tech DGeorgia A10410
Quentin MotGeorgia Tech BGeorgia B10410
Connor MayersMaryland AGeorge Washington B10410
Dominik MystkowskiNC StateDuke11410
William BarnesTennessee AEmory A11610
Andrew AmygdalosGeorge Washington AGeorgetown12010
Carly HemaniJames Madison AJames Madison B123-5
Matthew RibarArizona StateZen and the Art of Buzzing123-5
Shiva TegullaZen and the Art of BuzzingArizona State1330
Connor CarlisleJames Madison BJames Madison A14410
Arunn SankarGeorgia Tech AGeorgia Tech C14410