Question
“Hard thumping dance music a notch upwards of 100 bpm notoriously the beat of life” plays in Julian Talamantez Brolaski’s sarcastic poem titled “Stonewall to” this place. For 10 points each:
[10h] Events at what place inspired the Whitney Museum's event “Words for Water,” in which writers including Jennifer Foerster, Deborah Miranda, and Natalie Diaz gathered to read poetry?
ANSWER: Standing Rock Reservation [or Íŋyaŋ Woslál Háŋ; prompt on Dakota Access Pipeline by asking “the section of the pipeline running through where?”]
[10e] Another participant in the Whitney event was Joy Harjo, the first Native American author to hold this position appointed by the Librarian of Congress.
ANSWER: United States Poet Laureate [or Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress]
[10m] At the event, the poem “Anaamiindim (uh-NAH-meen-dim)/In the Depths of a Body of Water” was read by Heid, an Ojibwe author with this surname. Her sister with this surname, who wrote The Plague of Doves, owns Minneapolis's Birchbark Books.
ANSWER: Erdrich [accept Heid E. Erdrich or Louise Erdrich]
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Summary
| 2023 BHSU @ Berkeley | 03/18/2023 | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Maryland | 03/11/2023 | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Northwestern | 02/25/2023 | Y | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Sheffield | 04/15/2023 | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
Data
| Oxford Hornets | Broken Imperial Nomads | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |