Question
This poet punned on the word “saltmother” in a poem that describes a creature as “daughter of fire, spirit of fire.” A claim to have “slept the dreams of” the title object “that never dreams” and the brief line “Madrid, 1937” appear in a poem by this author of “Salamander.” This poet’s translator Eliot Weinberger worked with him on a book of translations of the poem “Deer Park,” titled (*) Nineteen Ways of Looking at Wang Wei. This poet used the period of Venus as the basis for a poem that repeats the line “willow of crystal, a poplar of water.” This poet reflected on his country’s culture in the essay “The Sons of La Malinche (“mah-LIN-chay”)” and in the Aztec-inspired poem “Sunstone.” For 10 points, name this Mexican author of The Labyrinth of Solitude. ■END■
Summary
2023 PACE NSC | 06/10/2023 | Y | 35 | 89% | 29% | 0% | 98.23 |
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Kyunghwan Lim | Chattahoochee A | Heights | 40 | 0 |
Sinecio Morales | Rockford Auburn A | St. Mark's | 40 | 20 |
Will Carstens | Detroit Catholic Central A | Kinkaid | 40 | 0 |
Cindy Gao | Belmont | Thomas Jefferson A | 40 | 20 |
Rachel Ezrielev | Richard Montgomery | University Lab | 40 | 0 |
Omkar Marathe | William Fremd | Canyon Crest | 44 | 0 |
Rohan Kher | Barrington A | Winston Churchill A | 44 | 20 |
Rohan Navaneetha | Solon | Plymouth | 49 | 20 |
Abigail AuYeung | Hinsdale Central | Walter Payton | 49 | 20 |
Tanay Bodducherla | Mira Loma | Dunbar | 52 | 20 |
Arthur Gayden | Detroit Country Day | Hunter A | 54 | 20 |
Braden Booth | Dallas County | Troy | 54 | 20 |
Krish Chinta | Innovation Academy A | Midtown | 57 | 20 |
Evan Lin | Woodland | Maggie Walker A | 62 | 0 |
Abigail Lee | Thomas Jefferson C | Parkway West | 62 | 20 |
Sam Konkel | Johns Creek A | Thomas Jefferson B | 66 | 0 |
Sam Asplund | Winnebago | Winston Churchill B | 75 | 10 |
Adam Williams | Northmont A | Mexico | 75 | 0 |
Monit Karmaker | Stevenson A | Johns Creek B | 75 | 0 |
Brielle Rach | Rockford Auburn B | Hoover B | 75 | 0 |
Dominic Apap | Detroit Catholic Central B | West Point | 95 | 10 |
Martin Ames | Chattahoochee B | Maggie Walker C | 97 | 10 |
Brandon Torres | Carl Sandburg | Lincoln-Way East | 106 | 10 |
Puna Ekka | New Brighton | Thomas Jefferson D | 114 | 10 |
Ali Hamzeh | Kinkaid | Detroit Catholic Central A | 115 | 10 |
Kaitlyn Leonard | Barrington B | Carbondale | 119 | 10 |
David Bertolasi | Belvidere | Hunter B | 120 | 10 |
Diane Buffet-Mogul | Mercer County | Maggie Walker B | 120 | 0 |
Yaj Jhajhria | Canyon Crest | William Fremd | 123 | 10 |
Kyan van Beek | Lake Highland | Stevenson B | 125 | 10 |
Eden Blakemore | John Adams A | Norris | 127 | 10 |
Miles Sierra | Waukee | John Adams B | 127 | 0 |
Camden Williams | Mexico | Northmont A | 132 | 10 |
Clete Reinberger | Cincinnati Hills Christian | Saint Joseph | 132 | 10 |
Bryce Cruise | Heights | Chattahoochee A | 133 | 10 |
Ren Giusti | Norman | Moberly | 133 | 0 |
Kaiwen Xiao | Irvington A | Choate Rosemary Hall | 133 | 10 |
Rohan Dalal | Johns Creek B | Stevenson A | 133 | 10 |
Grace Liu | Thomas Jefferson B | Johns Creek A | 133 | 10 |
Miley Henton | Hoover B | Rockford Auburn B | 133 | 10 |
Joseph Harrison | Detroit Catholic Central C | Northmont B | 133 | 0 |
Arjun Kala | University Lab | Richard Montgomery | 133 | 10 |
Safal Sapkota | Elkhorn North | Washington | 133 | 0 |
Mary McVeigh | John Adams B | Waukee | 133 | 10 |
Vien Nguyen | Maggie Walker A | Woodland | 133 | 10 |
Bridget Scranton | Northmont B | Detroit Catholic Central C | 133 | 0 |