Question

The speaker of a poem by this author states that people “just can’t see / how I work all week / at the factory” and still have fun on Saturday. After listing their alluring qualities, a speaker created by this author states, “Now you understand / Just why my head’s not bowed.” In one of this author’s poems, an entity “cries out to us today, / You may stand upon me, / But do not hide your face.” (10[1])The speaker asks, (10[1]-5[1])“Does my haughtiness (10[1]-5[1])offend (10[1])you?” (10[4]-5[1])in a (10[1])poem (10[3])by (10[1])this (10[1])author (10[1])that begins, (10[3])“You may write me (-5[1])down in history (10[1])/ With your bitter, twisted lies.” (10[1])This author of (10[1])“Phenomenal Woman” recited a poem that begins, “A Rock, a River, (10[1])a Tree” (10[4]-5[2])at a 1993 (-5[1])event. For 10 points, (10[1])name this author of “Still I Rise” (10[2])who read “On the Pulse (10[1])of (10[1])Morning” (10[1])at Bill (10[1])Clinton’s (10[2])inauguration. (10[1])■END■ (10[5]0[1])

ANSWER: Maya Angelou [or Marguerite Annie Johnson] (The first poem is “Weekend Glory.”)
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Sinecio Morales (DII)Johns HopkinsPenn7710
Raymond WangCornell ARIT B80-5
Jisoon YooTexas AIowa A8010
Harrison WhitakerCambridge ADurham A83-5
Oscar SiddleWarwickImperial A8310
Biyang Zhang (DII)Michigan BKenyon8410
Rosa XiaCornell BRIT A8510
Jacob Goodson (DII)Ohio State BCedarville85-5
Eshan Pant (DII)NYU AColumbia C8510
Ben Russell JonesEdinburghCambridge B8510
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Bryan UgazArizona StateMinnesota C8710
Gavin BramerAppalachian StateTexas A&M A8810
Zaid Asif (DII)NYU BVassar8810
Jack Rado (DII)Columbia BColumbia A8810
Cormac BeirneSorbonneUW A8910
Joseph Chambers (DII)Virginia A (UG)Maryland A (Grad)9010
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Dean Ah NowClaremont AMichigan State A9310
Joshua CruiceOxford CSheffield9310
Rohan DalalGeorgia Tech BHarding97-5
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Simon Zimmerman (DII)Ohio State AMichigan A10910
Davin SivertsonAlabamaVanderbilt B12010
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Perry O'Connor (Grad)Liberty A (Grad)UNC C (UG)12210
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Elise StewartRice AIowa B12210
Robbie HahnTexas A&M BUBC A122-5
Khushi UmarwadiaSouth CarolinaGeodesic122-5
Bianca Van ZileBinghamtonCornell C125-5
Patrick Torre (DII)Maryland C (DII)William & Mary A (UG)12910
Abby Keith (DII)Liberty C (DII)JMU A (UG)13610
Alessandro BogoKCLKiel13610
Bella ThomasDurham BBristol14110
Ashish KumbhardareRowanJohn Jay14210
Caleb WestKentuckyTennessee14310
Ivan Stanisavljevic (DII)Duke A (UG)Virginia C (UG)14510
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Vedang Singhal (DII)UNC D (DII)GWU B (Grad)14810
Alan ZhangUBC ATexas A&M B1480
Johanna Angell (DII)CedarvilleOhio State B14810
Michael KohnDurham ACambridge A14810
Caden HausteinHardingGeorgia Tech B14810
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