Question

In a novel by this author, the homeless man Clinton gives a history of the Haitian Revolution and discusses 13 theses about slavery while hosting “Liberation Radio Broadcasts.” That novel by this author opens and closes with a “Five Hundred Year Map” showing all of its characters’ paths to Tucson, including the TV psychic Lecha and her twin sister Zeta. A gust of wind catching a bonfire stops the protagonist of one of this author’s novels from interceding to kill a white-hating “destroyer” while hiding in an (*) abandoned uranium mine, which forms the last step of a ritual prescribed (10[1])to him by the medicine man Betonie. This author of Almanac of the Dead (10[1])wrote a novel (10[2])in which the protagonist Tayo returns from serving (10[1])in the Philippines (10[1])in World War II to his drought-stricken New Mexico reservation. For 10 points, name this Laguna Pueblo author of Ceremony. ■END■ (0[2])

ANSWER: Leslie Marmon Silko [or Leslie Marmon Silko]
<Strombeck, Long Fiction>
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Darren PetrosinoParden the InterruptionchamPAIN and cornHELL in Columbia9810
Amogh KulkarniThe Aum-Wein Drinchard by Amogh TutuolaLet's Fighting Love11210
Jordan BrownsteinJinAh and Jordan from Wikiquizbruh11510
Arya KarthikSandmännchen im HelikopterNaocissus and Geoldmond by Hermandrew Hesse11510
Caleb KendrickJJarylandprotobowling for soup12310
Will Alston1.g4 Test Mixturemnemonists12610
Emma Victoria ByronNJ TRANSit (and bobby i guess)boy's jitches (ft. DMA)1470
DMAboy's jitches (ft. DMA)NJ TRANSit (and bobby i guess)1470

Summary

2024 ESPN @ Chicago03/23/2024Y560%0%60%127.67
2024 ESPN @ Columbia03/23/2024Y786%0%0%114.83
2024 ESPN @ Duke03/23/2024Y1100%0%0%147.00
2024 ESPN @ Brown04/06/2024Y250%0%50%147.00
2024 ESPN @ Cambridge04/06/2024Y250%0%50%147.00
2024 ESPN @ Online06/01/2024Y475%0%50%146.67