Question

The narrator describes a river that has “two shores: / the one in hell, the other / in [this US state]” in a poem titled for a [emphasize] neighboring state’s “Oldest Whorehouse.” Sons who “grow suicidally beautiful” appear in a poem titled “Autumn Begins in” a town in (10[1])this state. This was the home state of the poet of The Branch Will Not Break, James Wright, who contributed to a literary magazine founded at a college in this state by John Crowe (10[1])Ransom. In a story, a teacher’s tendency to caress his (10[1])students forces him to flee [emphasize] to this state and change his name from Adolph Myers. Wing Biddlebaum appears in a collection set (10[1])in this state introduced as a “Book of the Grotesque.” For 10 points, the story “Hands” appears in a Sherwood Anderson (10[1])collection set (10[1])in what state’s fictional town of Winesburg? ■END■

ANSWER: Ohio [or OH; accept Winesburg, Ohio] (The magazine is The Kenyon Review.)
<Waterloo A, American Literature>
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Kevin ZhengMichigan BMichigan A4710
Elias KradelKenyonMichigan C8110
Calvin BostlemanOhio State ACarnegie Mellon B9110
Rohan Navaneetha RajOhio State BCarnegie Mellon A11410
Andrew HarmsMichigan StateCase Western B13510
Elie AounCase Western AMichigan D13710

Summary

California2025-02-01Y3100%0%33%127.00
Florida2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%124.00
Great Lakes2025-02-01Y6100%0%0%100.83
North2025-02-01Y3100%0%33%114.33
Overflow2025-02-01Y5100%0%40%118.00
Pacific Northwest2025-02-01Y2100%0%0%134.50
South Central2025-02-01Y2100%0%50%120.50
Southeast2025-02-01Y4100%0%25%114.00
UK2025-02-01Y10100%0%0%121.50
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y8100%0%38%122.63
Upstate NY2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%127.00