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A novel by this author, whose ninth chapter reads, “Because he missed it. He missed it completely,” is partially narrated by the sewing machine agent V. K. Ratliff. A character created by this author, who repeats “It won’t balance” about an object formed by the “Chuck Chuck Chuck” of an adze, has his broken leg cast in cement.A (10[1])girl impregnated by the farmhand Lafe is scammed out of abortion-inducing medicine (10[1])in a novel by this author, (10[1])who paired The Town and The Hamlet in a trilogy about the Snopes family. A man buys false teeth in a novel by this author in which Vardaman says, “My mother is a fish.” (10[1])Cash slowly builds a coffin for his mother in a novel by this author set in (10[1])Yoknapatawpha (-5[1])County. (10[1])For 10 points, name this author who wrote about the Bundren family in As I Lay Dying. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: William Faulkner [or William Cuthbert Faulkner]
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Yahwanth Bajji (DII)Michigan AMichigan State A5710
Biyang Zhang (UG)Michigan BCWRU D (DII)6910
Shourjo Ganguli (UG)Ohio State A (UG)Pitt A7510
PeterOSU CKenyon A10910
Meredith Wiper (DII)CWRU B (UG)Michigan D (DII)12510
Sai Subramanian (DII)CWRU A (UG)CWRU C (UG)126-5
Will Jones (DII)Michigan State C (UG)Michigan C (UG)12710
Arjun Saulnier (DII)CWRU C (UG)CWRU A (UG)14510

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2024 ACF Winter at UC Berkeley2024-11-16Y3100%0%33%83.67
2024 ACF Winter at Clemson2024-11-16Y8100%0%0%82.50
2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern2024-11-16Y9100%0%0%66.78
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