Question

Answer the following about ghazals in the American literary tradition, for 10 points each.
[10h] This American poet wrote the ghazal “The Causeway.” This two-time Pulitzer Prize winner also wrote the poem “For the Anniversary of My Death” and translated Pablo Neruda’s Twenty Love Poems and Song of Despair.
ANSWER: W. S. Merwin [or William Stanley Merwin]
[10e] English language ghazals were popularized by the Indian-American author Agha Shahid Ali, who was buried near this city. The reclusive poet Emily Dickinson is known as the “Belle” of this Massachusetts city.
ANSWER: Amherst
[10m] Ali roasted this American poet of the collection Ghazals: Homage to Ghalib for not adhering to classic ghazal rules. This poet wrote the collections Twenty-One Love Poems and Diving into the Wreck.
ANSWER: Adrienne Rich [or Adrienne Cecile Rich]
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Berkeley ABerkeley C0101020
Stanford AStanford B0101020
Berkeley BStanford C10101030
Liberty A (Grad)Liberty C (DII)1010020
Maryland A (Grad)JMU B (UG)0101020
UNC A (Grad)Maryland B (UG)0101020
GWU A (UG)Maryland C (DII)010010
Roanoke College A (DII)JMU A (UG)0000
UNC B (UG)Duke A (UG)010010
UNC C (UG)Liberty B (DII)0101020
UNC D (DII)Virginia B (UG)0000
Virginia A (UG)GWU B (Grad)0101020
Virginia C (UG)William & Mary A (UG)0000
Claremont AUBC A0101020
Rice AIowa A0000
Michigan State AAppalachian State010010
Iowa BTexas A&M A010010
UW ATexas A&M B0101020
Texas ASorbonne0101020
CedarvilleKenyon0000
Ohio State AMichigan A0101020
Michigan BMichigan C0101020
Cornell ACornell B0101020
RIT ACornell C010010
BinghamtonRIT B010010
Johns HopkinsColumbia C10101030
HaverfordNYU A010010
John JayVassar0101020
PennNYU B0101020
Columbia ARowan0101020
Cambridge BCambridge A010010
Cambridge COxford C010010
Durham AImperial B10101030
Imperial AEdinburgh0101020
SheffieldKCL010010
KielBristol010010
Oxford BDurham B010010
Oxford AWarwick10101030
AlabamaVanderbilt A010010
Georgia Tech AGeorgia Tech B0101020
KentuckyGeodesic0101020
HardingSouth Carolina010010
Vanderbilt BMTSU001010