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1. The 1970 debut novel of Alice Walker depicts the "Third Life" of what man living in rural Georgia, with his wife Margaret and son Brownfield?
2. Who won a posthumous Pulitzer for her 1926 poetry collection "What's O'Clock"? She was a leader of the Imagist school, and wrote "Christ! What are patterns for?" in her poem "Patterns".
3. Created by Beverly Cleary, what is the name of Henry Huggins's dog?
4. What Korean-American supermarket chain appears in the title of a 2021 memoir by Michelle Zauner?
5. "Mystic River" and "Shutter Island" are novels from 2001 and 2003 by what Boston author?
6. "The Story of Doctor Dolittle" is a 1920 book by what English author?
7. Al Mustafa is the title figure of what book of 26 prose poetry fables first published in 1923?
8. The 1697 book "Mother Goose Tales" is by what French author, whose tales include Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Puss in Boots, Sleeping Beauty, and Bluebeard?
9. "She looked over his shoulder / For vines and olive trees" is the first lines of what W.H. Auden poem based on Greek myth?
10. What 2020 novel by Suzanne Collins is the fourth book of the Hunger Games series?
11. Maya Angelou discusses her time in Accra, Ghana in what 1986 memoir whose title comes from an African-American spiritual?
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1. The 1970 debut novel of Alice Walker depicts the "Third Life" of what man living in rural Georgia, with his wife Margaret and son Brownfield? Grange Copeland
2. Who won a posthumous Pulitzer for her 1926 poetry collection "What's O'Clock"? She was a leader of the Imagist school, and wrote "Christ! What are patterns for?" in her poem "Patterns". Amy Lowell
3. Created by Beverly Cleary, what is the name of Henry Huggins's dog? Ribsy
4. What Korean-American supermarket chain appears in the title of a 2021 memoir by Michelle Zauner? H Mart (Crying in H Mart)
5. "Mystic River" and "Shutter Island" are novels from 2001 and 2003 by what Boston author? Dennis Lehane
6. "The Story of Doctor Dolittle" is a 1920 book by what English author? Hugh Lofting
7. Al Mustafa is the title figure of what book of 26 prose poetry fables first published in 1923? The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
8. The 1697 book "Mother Goose Tales" is by what French author, whose tales include Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Puss in Boots, Sleeping Beauty, and Bluebeard? Charles Perrault
9. "She looked over his shoulder / For vines and olive trees" is the first lines of what W.H. Auden poem based on Greek myth? The Shield of Achilles
10. What 2020 novel by Suzanne Collins is the fourth book of the Hunger Games series? The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
11. Maya Angelou discusses her time in Accra, Ghana in what 1986 memoir whose title comes from an African-American spiritual? All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes