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A verse form from this country that imitates the use of snare drum in a namesake style of folk music was created for an epic poem inspired by its limestone caves. With John La Rose and Andrew Salkey, a poet from this country co-founded the journal Savacou. A poet from this home country of Anthony Kellman reproduced a newspaper detailing Mildred Collymore’s assault in his poem “I was Wash-Way in Blood” (15[1])and repeated the word “bruggadung” in increasing font size to end his poem (*) “Soweto,” (-5[1])in tradition with his “Sycorax Video Style.” (10[2])Esther (-5[1])Phillips, this country’s first poet laureate, was the partner of the (10[1])author of the collection The Pleasures of Exile. The Arrivants trilogy and collection Born to Slow Horses were written by a poet from this country who coined the term “nation language.” (10[1])For 10 points, name this Caribbean country home to George Lamming (10[1])and Kamau Braithwaite. (10[1])■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Barbados (The first sentence refers to Tuk verse.)
<Rahul Keyal, World Literature>
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2023 Chicago Open08/05/2023Y9100%11%22%120.00

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
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Will AlstonCurse you, Periplus the Platypus!Teach Us to Outgrow Our Ladness92-5
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Kenji Shimizuremembrance of lost timeQuasicrystal Silence14910
Chris RayTeach Us to Outgrow Our LadnessCurse you, Periplus the Platypus!14910