Question
This author created a character who cuts the morbid stories out of newspapers and buries them before shouting “Jesus stab me in the heart,” paralleling a woman who gets gored by a bull at the story’s end. In a story by this author, a character says that “Rome wasn't built in a day” to her son, who tries to smoke despite a “No Smoking” sign. In that story by this author of “Greenleaf,” a descendant of the Godhigh family meets a woman with the same purple hat on her way to reducing classes. This author wrote a story in which Julian’s mother faints after trying to give a Black child a penny. In a story by this author, a woman says to a criminal that “[y]ou’re one of my own children!” and is shot in the chest. For 10 points, name this author of “Everything That Rises Must Converge” and “A Good Man is Hard to Find.” ■END■
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Jack Rado | Columbia B | NYU A | 36 | 10 |
William Orr | Yale A | Columbia A | 48 | 10 |
Nathan Zhang | Cornell C | Yale C | 56 | 10 |
Aiden Dartley | Rutgers A | Bard A | 86 | 10 |
Ethan Furman | Haverford | Rutgers B | 111 | 10 |
Alex Moon | Penn A | Vassar | 114 | 10 |
Austin Guo | Princeton A | Yale B | 129 | 10 |
Rico-ian Banting | NYU B | Columbia C | 157 | 0 |
Vincent Zhang | Penn B | Princeton B | 157 | 10 |