Question
One poem by this author states "as freedom is a breakfastfood / or truth can live with right and wrong." One poem by this author mocks women who "believe in Christ and Longfellow, both dead." One poem by this man ends "He spoke. And drank rapidly a glass of water" after a speech about "heroic happy dead" who "did not stop to think they died instead." This author of (*) "the Cambridge ladies who live in furnished souls" drove an ambulance in World War I, inspiring his novel The Enormous Room. One poem by this author of "next to of course god america i" asks "how do you like your blue-eyed boy / Mister Death." For 10 points, name this author of "Buffalo Bill's" and "anyone lived in a pretty how town," known for using lowercase. ■END■
ANSWER: e. e. cummings [or Edward Estlin Cummings]
<Literature - American Literature - Poetry>
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Summary
Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | TUH | Conv. % | Power % | Neg % | Average Buzz |
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2025 PACE NSC | 06/07/2025 | Y | 35 | 91% | 17% | 0% | 85.72 |