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In a novel by this author, the “fetish”-worshiping “master of energies” is advised by the devout Muslim Tiekoro, the half-brother of a boy who is captured by tondyons and voluntarily boards a slave ship to protect Ayodele. In a novel by this author, the title character sings of a fallen “moonstone” in a lament for her lost child and lives with a Jewish merchant whose nine children are burnt by a mob. This author won the one-off (15[1])2018 “alternative Nobel” (15[1]-5[1])and, at age 89, was shortlisted for the 2023 International Booker for The Gospel (*) According to the New World. In a novel by this author, the title wife of John Indian is visited in (10[1])her dreams by Mama Yaya and Hester, (10[1]-5[1])a convicted adulterer whom she befriends (10[1])in a Boston jail. (10[1])This author (10[1])followed generations of a Malian (10[1])family in Segu and retold (10[1])Wuthering Heights in Windward Heights. (10[1])For 10 points, name this late Guadeloupean author who depicted the Salem Witch Trials in I, Tituba. ■END■ (10[3]0[4])

ANSWER: Maryse Condé (“mah-REEZ kon-DAY”)
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2024 Chicago Open07/28/2024Y1587%13%13%130.54

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Henry GoffA Nervy Liberal Nanny Hencesticking out your guyot for the ridge push; you're so seafloor spread, you're so fracture zone7615
Will AlstonLMM's LLM MLMI’ll take a quiet 10 / A handshake of CO (Chicago Open)79-5
Raymond WangAMOGH QUIZ HACK? 英雄联盟 400 PPG 24 TUHLisan al-Quib7915
John LawrenceBHSU BThe Dyatlov Passement incident11310
Rahul KeyalLying on a Mattress at Lou’s Apartment in Pilsen, ChicagoAre You There, Chat? It's Me, Margaret120-5
Arya KarthikCharlotte's Moderately Successful TeamRead slowly: A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Read quickly: A12010
Ethan AshbrookGalvanized Square Steen and Eco-Friendly Wood VermeerThe Oldest Men in the World12610
Michael HundingSAYYID QUTB, DRIVING THE LONGEST CAR YOU’VE EVER SEEN THROUGH TAHRIR SQUAREMindgoblin of Little Hobbes13010
Kevin YeBerkeley Mafia and the Chicago BoyFirst Cause, First Cause, make me young!13210
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Milan FernandezThe Empire Bikes BackPunished "Venom" BHSU14210
Mitch McCullarAre You There, Chat? It's Me, MargaretLying on a Mattress at Lou’s Apartment in Pilsen, Chicago14710
Emmett LaurieI’ll take a quiet 10 / A handshake of CO (Chicago Open)LMM's LLM MLM16510
Jorrest WeintraubThe Jeam TeamLes Missourables16510
Hazel DePriest-SullivanNJTRANSit (and bobby, i guess)There are buzzable clues everywhere for those with eyes to see1650
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