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 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 (10[1])state by John Crowe Ransom. In a story, a teacher’s tendency to caress his students forces him to (10[1])flee [emphasize] to this state and change his name (10[1])from Adolph Myers. Wing Biddlebaum appears in a collection set in this state introduced as a “Book of (10[1])the Grotesque.” For (10[1])10 points, the story “Hands” appears in a (10[1])Sherwood Anderson collection set in (10[2])what state’s fictional (10[1])town (10[1])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
Michael WuSouthampton BDurham7710
Omer KeskinOxford AOxford C9510
Jacob Hardin-BernhardtNYU CManchester10410
Sarah HendersonCambridge CImperial A12210
Albert NyangLSECambridge B12510
Elliot CosnettOxford BCambridge E13310
Kevin FlanaganBristolWarwick B13810
Andrew FisherSheffieldCambridge D13810
Chris LevesleyWarwick ACambridge A14110
Eugenia TongImperial BSouthampton A14210

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