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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! (15[1])After leaving Kingston, (15[1])Josey Wales and the Storm Posse move to this city in Marlon (15[1])James’s novel A Brief 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” (10[1])named for an ethnicity in this city. A Jamaican author who settled in this city in the 1910s described the “murderous, cowardly pack” in his poem “If We Must Die.” For 10 points, Claude McKay contributed to what city’s Harlem (10[1])Renaissance? (10[1])■END■ (10[2])

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
William OrrYaleBoston College A5115
Joy AnHarvardBowdoin A5415
Richard LinAmherstBrandeis A6615
Yrwin BatanMITBoston College B10410
Dylan TanouyeTufts BBowdoin C14410
Joseph XuBowdoin BClark Wilson14510
Madeline StrausTufts ABrandeis B14610
Selene WuBUClark House14610

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