Question
This poet asks "who dares to…Buy Him a Coca-Cola or a beer" in a poem musing "I think it must be lonely to be God." This poet wrote a mock epic about a girl "whom the higher gods forgot, whom the lower gods berate." This poet of "My dreams, my works, must wait till after hell" wrote "The loveliest lynchee was our Lord." This poet of The Anniad wrote that "dinner is a casual affair" for "Two who have lived their day" and are "Mostly Good" in a poem about an (*) "old yellow pair." People who "sing sin" and "thin gin" are "Seven at the Golden Shovel," in a poem by this author of A Street in Bronzeville and "The Bean Eaters." For 10 points, name this African American poet who wrote "We / Jazz June. We / die soon" in "We Real Cool." ■END■
ANSWER: Gwendolyn Brooks [or Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks]
<Literature - American Literature - Poetry>
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| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | TUH | Conv. % | Power % | Neg % | Average Buzz |
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| 2025 PACE NSC | 06/07/2025 | Y | 42 | 100% | 69% | 0% | 80.60 |