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The speaker of a poem in this collection calls himself “free, black & forty-one” and laments never seeing his son. In a Ralph Ellison reference, a poem from this collection declares, “Shadow & act, shadow & act, / Better get white or you’ get whacked.” The speaker says, “Uncle Tom, sweep shut yo mouf” in a poem from this collection that notes it has been eight years since racial segregation was banned in schools. This collection begins with (-5[1])the speaker lamenting how “All the world like a woolen lover / once did seem” on the protagonist’s side. (10[1])The line “Life, friends, (10[1])is boring. (10[3])We must not (10[1])say so,” opens a poem in this collection, (10[2])which contains 12 elegies to Delmore Schwartz. (10[1])This collection often calls its protagonist (10[1])“Mr. Bones” (10[2])and includes the volume His Toy, His (10[1])Dream, His Rest. (-5[1])For 10 points, name this confessional poetry collection about “Huffy Henry,” written by John (10[1])Berryman. ■END■ (10[4]0[4])

ANSWER: The Dream Songs [accept 77 Dream Songs; accept His Toy, His Dream, His Rest until read]
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2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y2282%0%9%124.33

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Arthur Delot-VilainYale ABrown A77-5
Raymond WangCornell AWUSTL A9610
Katherine LeiMIT AHarvard A10010
Justin ChenNYU AFlorida B10210
Jim FanNorth Carolina AMinnesota A10210
Mitch McCullarIllinois ARutgers A10210
Ned TagtmeierChicago AGeorgia Tech A10510
Amogh KulkarniChicago BMaryland A11310
Vedul PalavajjhalaWUSTL BSouth Carolina A11310
Leo LawFlorida AOhio State A12010
Jisoo YooTexas ACornell B12610
Anuttam RamjiUC Berkeley BColumbia B12810
Shahar SchwartzUC Berkeley AToronto A12810
Justin HawkinsIndiana AColumbia A13510
Tim MorrisonStanford ADuke A138-5
Andrew HannaVanderbilt AMichigan A15210
Dean Ah NowClaremont APenn State A15410
Matthew SiffYale BIowa State A1540
Collin AceRutgers BMinnesota B15410
Alex PijanowskiPurdue AImperial A15410
Jerry LinDuke AStanford A1540
Anson BernsBrown AYale A15410
Robert CondronChicago CNorthwestern A1540
Seth EbnerJohns Hopkins AHouston A1540