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According to an essay, this author writes from a place where you can “keep up an attitude of the completest indifference” and be in “the final, unsurpassable stage of irresponsibility.” For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this author whom George Orwell praised in his essay “Inside the Whale.” This author’s lover, Anaïs Nin, helped edit his autobiographical novel that faced obscenity trials in the US.
ANSWER: Henry Miller [or Henry Valentine Miller]
[10e] This author argues that Orwell’s whale does not exist in the essay “Outside the Whale.” This author was issued a fatwa for writing The Satanic Verses.
ANSWER: Salman Rushdie [or Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie]
[10h] This Mexican-American poet wrote “we too are immense and calling out” in the poem “The Whale & the Waltz Inside of It,” part of the collection Bright Dead Things. This current US Poet Laureate wrote The Carrying.
ANSWER: Ada Limón
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Imperial BBristol010010
Cambridge AImperial A1010020
LSE BCambridge B010010
LSE AWarwick A10101030
Warwick BWarwick C1010020