Question
The speaker wanders this city and concludes “oh god it’s wonderful / to get out of bed / and drink too much coffee” in the poem “Steps.” For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this city, whose poetry “school” includes Frank O’Hara. The line “Flood-tide below me! I see you face to face!” appears in a Walt Whitman poem about riding a ferry in this city’s harbor.
ANSWER: New York City [or NYC; prompt on Manhattan or Brooklyn with “What larger city is it a part of?”]
[10h] The speaker states “I would light one up and feel / its dry rush mix with the taste of dark coffee” in this author’s poem “The Best Cigarette.” Collections by this bestselling poet include Whale Day and The Trouble With Poetry.
ANSWER: Billy Collins [or William James Collins]
[10m] Little Dog comes out to his mother over coffee at Dunkin’ Donuts in this poet’s epistolary novel On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous. This Vietnamese poet and NYU Professor published the collection Night Sky with Exit Wounds.
ANSWER: Ocean Vuong
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