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. (10[1])In a story by this author, a character says that “Rome wasn't (10[1])built in a day” to her son, who (10[1])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 (10[1])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. (10[1])In a story (10[1])by this author, a woman says to a criminal that “[y]ou’re one of my own (10[1])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■ (10[1]0[1])

ANSWER: Flannery O’Connor [or Mary Flannery O’Connor]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jack RadoColumbia BNYU A3610
William OrrYale AColumbia A4810
Nathan ZhangCornell CYale C5610
Aiden DartleyRutgers ABard A8610
Ethan FurmanHaverfordRutgers B11110
Alex MoonPenn AVassar11410
Austin GuoPrinceton AYale B12910
Rico-ian BantingNYU BColumbia C1570
Vincent ZhangPenn BPrinceton B15710

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