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In a short story by this author, Delia’s abusive husband Sykes dies from a rattlesnake bite. That short story (10[1])by this author, “Sweat,” (10[1])was published in the only (-5[1])edition of the literary magazine Fire!! In a novel (10[1]-5[1])by (10[1])this author, a chorus of vultures chant “bare, bare fat” following the funeral of Mat Bonner’s mule. An unmarked grave believed to belong to (10[1])this author was inscribed with the epitaph “a genius of the South” in (-5[1])reference to an Alice Walker essay. A character created (10[1])by this author returns to (10[1])Eatonville, (10[1])Florida (10[1])after shooting her rabid third husband (10[1])Tea Cake during a hurricane. (10[1])For 10 points, name this author who wrote (10[1])about Janie Crawford (10[1]0[1])in (0[1])Their Eyes Were Watching God. ■END■

ANSWER: Zora Neale Hurston (Fire!! magazine only printed a single issue before its headquarters burned down.)
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