Tossup
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 state by John Crowe Ransom. In a story, a teacher’s tendency to caress his students forces him to flee [emphasize] to this state and change his name from Adolph Myers. Wing Biddlebaum appears in a collection set in this state introduced as a “Book of the Grotesque.” For 10 points, the story “Hands” appears in a Sherwood Anderson collection set in what state’s fictional town of Winesburg? ■END■
Buzzes
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | TUH | Conv. % | Neg % | Average Buzz |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 2025-02-01 | 3 | 100% | 33% | 127.00 |
| Florida | 2025-02-01 | 3 | 100% | 0% | 124.00 |
| Great Lakes | 2025-02-01 | 6 | 100% | 0% | 100.83 |
| North | 2025-02-01 | 3 | 100% | 33% | 114.33 |
| Overflow | 2025-02-01 | 5 | 100% | 40% | 118.00 |
| Pacific Northwest | 2025-02-01 | 2 | 100% | 0% | 134.50 |
| South Central | 2025-02-01 | 2 | 100% | 50% | 120.50 |
| Southeast | 2025-02-01 | 4 | 100% | 25% | 114.00 |
| UK | 2025-02-01 | 10 | 100% | 0% | 121.50 |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | 2025-02-01 | 8 | 100% | 38% | 122.63 |
| Upstate NY | 2025-02-01 | 3 | 100% | 0% | 127.00 |