Question

In a story by this author, the teenage narrator discusses the film “The Day After” with an older woman with whom he has an affair while she teaches at his high school. Five sections labeled for the number of years after a breakup divide a story by this author. The instruction to take an out-of-town girl for dinner was included in a story by this author presented as dating advice. This author wrote a story (10[1])in which a Kenyan man marries a girl who sends her ex-boyfriend (*) emails of fifty mistresses, titled “The Cheater’s Guide to Love.” (10[2])This author of the collections Drown and This is How You Lose Her wrote a novel in which the fukú curse affects an overweight Rutgers graduate. For 10 points, name this Dominican-born author whose recurring character Yunior narrates The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. ■END■

ANSWER: Junot Díaz (The first story is “Miss Lora.” The third sentence refers to “How to Date a Brown Girl (Black Girl, White Girl, or Halfie).”)
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Jim FanUNC BUNC C7410
Noah ChinVirginia Tech ARIT A9610
Vincent DuUNC ADuke A9610

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2024 Penn Bowl UNC10/26/2024Y3100%0%0%88.67
2024 Penn Bowl Florida10/26/2024Y2100%50%0%101.50
2024 Penn Bowl Harvard10/26/2024Y475%25%0%93.67
2024 Penn Bowl UK10/26/2024Y5100%20%20%109.40
2024 Penn Bowl Berkeley11/02/2024Y2100%0%50%115.50
2024 Penn Bowl Mainsite11/02/2024Y3100%33%33%93.33
2024 Penn Bowl CWRU11/02/2024Y475%0%50%126.67
2024 Penn Bowl Chicago11/02/2024Y875%38%13%85.17
2024 Penn Bowl Texas11/02/2024Y2100%0%0%119.00