Question

A poem from this movement notes how the “years pass, years in which, I take it, events were not lacking” and repeats the phrase “a pause, a rose, something on paper.” An essay from this movement attacks “official verse culture” and contains quotations that exposed readers to Veronica Forrest-Thompson’s out-of-print theory of “poetic artifice.” A member of this movement advocated the “open text” in “The Rejection of Closure” and, at age 37, (15[1])wrote a prose poem with 37 sections of 37 sentences, titled (*) My Life. The “West Coast” wing of this movement included Rae Armantrout and (10[1])Ron Silliman. (10[3])This movement’s short-lived (10[1])namesake magazine was edited (10[1])by Bruce Andrews and Charles (-5[1])Bernstein. For 10 points, Lyn Hejinian (“huh-JIN-ee-in”) was a member of what loose avant-garde movement, whose name is sometimes stylized with equal signs (10[1])between each letter? ■END■ (10[1]0[4])

ANSWER: Language poets [or L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E poetry; or Language School; prompt on postmodernism]
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Summary

2024 Chicago Open07/28/2024Y1182%9%9%103.00

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Rahul KeyalLying on a Mattress at Lou’s Apartment in Pilsen, Chicagovar merchants7115
Jason ChenggenAI this, genAI that, have you found your 真爱 yetwhen you look this good, you don’t have to know anything9510
Caleb KendrickWe Need New NamesGalvanized Square Steen and Eco-Friendly Wood Vermeer9710
Matt BollingerBHSU BNJTRANSit (and anwen, I guess)9710
Taylor Harveysticking out your guyot for the ridge push; you're so seafloor spread, you're so fracture zoneNJTRANSit (and bobby, i guess)9710
Nathan ZhangAMOGH QUIZ HACK? 英雄联盟 400 PPG 24 TUHMindgoblin of Little Hobbes10010
Stephen LiuLisan al-QuibSAYYID QUTB, DRIVING THE LONGEST CAR YOU’VE EVER SEEN THROUGH TAHRIR SQUARE10410
Sinecio MoralesCharlotte's Moderately Successful TeamLMM's LLM MLM109-5
Anderson WangI’ll take a quiet 10 / A handshake of CO (Chicago Open)The Jeam Team13110
Nick JensenLMM's LLM MLMCharlotte's Moderately Successful Team13510
Kevin YeBerkeley Mafia and the Chicago BoyThe Oldest Men in the World1350
Mike CheyneThe Oldest Men in the WorldBerkeley Mafia and the Chicago Boy1350
Swapnil Gargit's the great pumpkinification objection, charlie brownThere are buzzable clues everywhere for those with eyes to see1350
Daniel MaThere are buzzable clues everywhere for those with eyes to seeit's the great pumpkinification objection, charlie brown1350