Question

In a short story by this author, Delia’s abusive husband Sykes (10[1])dies from a rattlesnake bite. (10[2])That short story (10[1])by this author, (10[1])“Sweat,” (10[1])was published (10[1])in the only (10[1]-5[1])edition of the literary magazine Fire!! (10[1])In a novel (10[1]-5[1])by (10[1])this author, a chorus of vultures chant “bare, bare fat” (10[1])following the funeral of Mat Bonner’s mule. (10[1]-5[1])An unmarked (10[1])grave (10[1])believed (10[1])to belong to (10[1])this author (10[1])was inscribed with the epitaph (10[1])“a genius of the South” (10[1]-5[1])in (-5[1])reference (10[1]-5[1])to an Alice (10[1])Walker essay. (10[6]-5[1])A (10[1])character (10[1])created (10[1])by this author returns to (10[1])Eatonville, (10[3])Florida (10[5])after shooting (10[4])her (10[1])rabid (10[3])third husband (10[1]-5[1])Tea (-5[1])Cake (10[1])during a hurricane. (10[3])For (10[1])10 points, (10[1])name this (10[1])author (10[1])who wrote (10[1])about (10[1])Janie Crawford (10[1]0[1])in (0[1])Their (10[2])Eyes Were Watching (10[2])God. (10[1])■END■ (10[3]0[1])

ANSWER: Zora Neale Hurston (Fire!! magazine only printed a single issue before its headquarters burned down.)
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Sanika IyerIndianaIowa B1010
Jacob Moeller (DII)Miami A (UG) Michigan B (UG)1510
Brielle RachIowa ASIUE1510
Saif Virani (UG)Fordham APenn A (DII)1810
Dylan BianchiUW GreedUW Pride2110
Greta Hong (DII)Bard A (UG)NYU B2210
Timothy ChiuNorthwestern BIllinois D2410
Steven McPhillimey (UG)Lehigh A (UG)Bard A (UG)27-5
David MathewPurdue APurdue C2710
Benny FeldmanChicago ANotre Dame B3310
Vinayak Singh BhadoriyaNYU BPrinceton A (UG)3610
Alex Lin (DII)Rutgers BRowan A (DII)36-5
Olin Bose (DII)Columbia A (UG)Columbia B3710
Henry BylinowskiAuburn AGeorgia Tech C4710
Vivian Fan (DII)Claremont AUCLA E54-5
Sam AlahiIllinois AWashU B5410
Ivan Karp (UG)UCLA BUCLA D5610
Mary WellsVCUWilliam & Mary5710
Sophia MadrazoPurdue BNotre Dame A5810
Daniel Kim (DII)Maryland B (DII)Princeton A (UG)6110
Cameron WiliamsAppalachian State AUNC A6310
Euan McCubbinUW ChastityUW Sloth6810
Henry Nonnemaker (DII)CWRU A (UG) Miami B (UG) 73-5
Allen XuGeorgia Tech EGeorgia A7310
Nolan Keating (DII)Lehigh B (DII)Maryland B (DII)74-5
Rachel Fanous (DII)Michigan A (UG) Ohio State A (UG) 7510
Sarah PatelVanderbilt ATennessee A75-5
Alex Chen (DII)Claremont CClaremont B7810
Anna KuangCornell ECornell C8010
Sam Hicks-Jirkans (DII)Ohio State B (DII) Miami C (DII) 8010
Venkat Das (DII)West Virginia A (UG) Michigan State A 80-5
Meredith Wiper (DII)CWRU B (DII) West Virginia B (UG) 8010
Ethan AltshulEmory ATennessee B8010
Orion KellerVirginia Tech AAppalachian State B8010
Nikola Wu (DII)UCLA AUCLA C8010
Parker McCoigTennessee AVanderbilt A8110
Malachi LedfordTusculumUNC B8210
Jaden Bandy (DII)Rutgers BLehigh B (DII)8310
Albert Zeng (DII)Penn B (DII)Rutgers A (UG)8810
Brandon HuntAuburn CGeorgia Tech A8910
Xander DiGiovanni (DII)USCUCSD8910
Hannah Nieuwveld (DII)Penn B (DII)NYU A (UG)8910
Carlos GonzalezSyracuseCornell D9010
Nidhi Kundargi (DII)Michigan State B Jefferson County Scholars (DII)9010
Daniel ChenEmory OxfordClemson B9010
Towery McNeilMississippi State AClemson A9010
Olin Bose (DII)Columbia A (UG)Penn A (DII)9010
Owen LinderBinghamton ARIT B9210
Joanna XiaoGeorgia Tech DAuburn B9210
Ethan MaIllinois BChicago B9210
Jack PirosIllinois CWashU A9210
Josh SchmidtLiberty AVirginia9310
Brian HoffCornell BPenn State9410
Gianna PettineU of Rochester BBinghamton C9410
Cara Monroe (DII)Miami B (UG) CWRU A (UG) 9410
Justin HetrickBelmontSouth Carolina A96-5
Alex Wong (DII)Rutgers A (UG)Columbia B9610
Danny CutbillRIT ARIT C97-5
Andrea OwusuDuke ALiberty C9810
Aidan CranerU of Rochester AESF10110
Ben KantsiperJames Madison BDuke B10110
Jason Qin (DII)Columbia J (DII)Fordham A10110
Soren HeydariUNC CLiberty B10210
Beck FalettiUW GluttonyUW Envy10410
Bianca Van ZileBinghamton BCornell G10610
Kritanu SahaCornell ACornell F10710
Juan-Diego Cisneros (DII)Lehigh A (UG)Rowan A (DII)10910
Anton Akroush (DII)Michigan State A West Virginia A (UG) 11010
Andy Yu (DII)Maryland A (DII)NYU A (UG)11210
Rohit Chintala (DII)Maryland B (DII)Lehigh B (DII)1120
Ezra Greenhill (DII)Bard A (UG)Lehigh A (UG)1130
Jack LiUW WrathAlberta11410
Akajiugo AmucheaziSouthernVanderbilt B11410
Stefan Stealey-EuchnerArizona State AUBC B11710
Sean JacksonSouth Carolina ABelmont11710
Ethan Tran (DII)UCLA EClaremont A11810
Jude Mejia-VazquezRIT CRIT A1190
Varun Ambalavanan (DII)CWRU C (UG)Ohio State C (DII) 11910
Allison HowardBoise StateArizona State B11910
Carly HemaniJames Madison AVirginia Tech B11910