Round 9: Tossup 15

In one story by this author, a woman who shouts “Jesus stab me in the heart!” is later gored in the chest by a bull. (10[1])This author of “Greenleaf” also described a man “waiting like Saint Sebastian” while a woman puts on her new green and purple hat. That woman from a story by this author has a stroke after her son Julian scolds her for her racist behavior on the bus. The cat Pitty Sing causes an accident in a short story by this author in which the Grandmother is killed by the Misfit. For 10 points, name this Southern Gothic author (10[1])of “Everything That Rises Must Converge” and “A Good Man is Hard to Find.” ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Flannery O’Connor [or Mary Flannery O’Connor]
<Editors, American Literature> | Packet I
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Summary

TournamentEditionTUHConv. %Neg %Average Buzz
Northern CaliforniaUS475%25%82.67
Southern CaliforniaUS7100%14%77.71
Eastern Canada (1)US560%0%63.00
Eastern Canada (2)US875%13%88.67
FloridaUS3100%0%81.00
Great LakesUS1292%8%72.45
Lower Mid-AtlanticUS989%22%71.25
Upper Mid-AtlanticUS2100%0%79.00
MidwestUS989%11%68.50
NorthUS475%0%90.00
NortheastUS8100%0%75.88
PacificUS8100%13%79.50
South CentralUS771%0%87.20
SoutheastUS1392%8%73.00
Upstate NYUS560%0%83.67