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In a novel, every resident of a crack den in this city is killed by a gang leader styling himself as a Western outlaw, who later dies by fire in prison. Rowdy, dancing shepherds take over this city in “Profane Comedy,” part of an epic poem by the author of Yo-Yo Boing! After leaving (15[1])Kingston, Josey Wales and the Storm Posse move to this city in Marlon James’s novel A Brief (-5[1])History of Seven Killings. Sophie Caco falls in love with Joseph in this city in (*) Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat (“DAHN-tee-KAH”). Authors like Pedro Pietri and Giannina Braschi have performed at a “Poets Cafe” named for an ethnicity in this city. A Jamaican author who settled in this city (10[1])in the 1910s described the “murderous, cowardly pack” in his poem “If We Must Die.” For 10 points, Claude McKay (10[1])contributed to what city’s Harlem Renaissance? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: New York City [or NYC; accept Harlem until read; accept Brooklyn; accept Nuyorican Poets Cafe] (The second sentence refers to Braschi’s Empire of Dreams.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Andrew WangIllinois BluePurdue B5315
Akshar GoyalIllinois OrangePurdue A70-5
Liam StarnesChicago ANotre Dame11910
Jay KimChicago BSIUE13910
David MathewPurdue AIllinois Orange14610

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