Question

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 Kingston, Josey Wales and the Storm Posse move to this city in Marlon James’s novel A Brief History of Seven Killings. Sophie Caco falls in love with Joseph in this city in (*) Breath, Eyes, Memory (-5[1])by Edwidge Danticat (10[1])(“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 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 (10[1])Harlem Renaissance? (10[1])■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
Seraphina Charlotte FooCambridge ALSE A88-5
Andy HuffLSE BBristol9110
Michael WuSouthamptonImperial A13910
Antoni KluzowskiWarwick BWarwick A14310
Shiv SeshanCambridge BWarwick C14510
Albert NyangLSE ACambridge A14610

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