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The speaker describes how her parents “eat matches like there’s no tomorrow” and “live without light” in a poem titled, “As a Consequence of” this figure “stealing all the lightbulbs.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this figure who repeats “O God” in a pantoum (“pan-TOOM”) about him “at 3 A.M.” This figure’s addiction to meth is a focus of a collection titled for When [this figure] Was an Aztec.
ANSWER: Natalie Diaz’s brother [accept When My Brother Was an Aztec]
[10e] Natalie Diaz, the author of “When My Brother Was an Aztec,” collaborated with the current holder of this position, Ada Limón, on the project “Envelopes of Air.” This national position is appointed by the Library of Congress.
ANSWER: United States Poet Laureate [or Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress]
[10m] In a poem from “Envelopes of Air,” Diaz writes, “[this author] died today, and tomorrow is my birthday.” This New York School poet, who used the pantoum in the collection Some Trees, wrote the poem “Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror.”
ANSWER: John Ashbery
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UChicago AIndiana A010010
UIUC CMiami010010
Purdue ANorthwestern A010010
Notre DameWashU C010010
UChicago DPurdue B0101020
SIUE AIndiana B010010
UIUC AUIUC B10101030
UIUC DUChicago C1010020
WashU DUChicago B010010