Question
Answer the following about writers who were married to Robert Lowell, for 10 points each.
[10h] Lowell’s first wife, Jean Stafford, fictionalized her experience of nose surgery in this story after he drunkenly crashed their car. This story about Patsy Vanneman is titled in reference to a 16th-century devotional work.
ANSWER: “The Interior Castle”
[10e] Lowell’s second wife, Elizabeth Hardwick, co-founded this literary magazine. Hardwick’s Seduction and Betrayal is part of its publishing arm’s “classics” series, which is known for its brightly colored spines.
ANSWER: The New York Review of Books [or NYRB; accept NYRB Classics]
[10m] Lowell’s third wife, Caroline Blackwood, wrote a novel about a tyrannical “great” character known by this nickname. This is the title nickname of a dying woman who recalls her wedding day in a Katherine Anne Porter story.
ANSWER: granny [accept Great Granny Webster or “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall”]
<JK, American Literature>
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Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Chicago Open | 07/28/2024 | Y | 12 | 10.00 | 67% | 33% | 0% |