Bonus

Two answers required. Lili Anolik’s 2024 double biography of these two authors calls them the “two halves of American womanhood.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name these two Los Angeles-based writers. Anolik insists that a book by one of them, Slow Days, Fast Company, should be read together with an essay collection by the other that opens “We tell ourselves stories in order to live.”
ANSWER: Eve Babitz AND Joan Didion [accept in either order; accept Didion and Babitz]
[10m] The aforementioned essay collection is this book by Didion whose title essay describes a recording session of The Doors and conversations with Linda Kasabian of the Manson family.
ANSWER: The White Album
[10e] Anolik reveals that Babitz’s first shot at publication came when she wrote a letter to this author, who surprisingly responded and got her a meeting at Simon and Schuster. This author created the characters Milo Minderbinder and Yossarian.
ANSWER: Joseph Heller
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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
British ColumbiaToronto B0101020ME
Chicago AMichigan10101030HME
Columbia AMinnesota0101020ME
Columbia BArizona State001010E
FloridaIowa State001010E
Georgia StateOhio State0101020ME
Georgia TechNorth Carolina B0101020ME
IndianaYale1001020HE
Johns HopkinsNorthwestern10101030HME
MITIllinois B0101020ME
MarylandVanderbilt10101030HME
North Carolina AOttawa001010E
Penn StateChicago B0101020ME
RITIllinois A0101020ME
RutgersToronto C0101020ME
UCFStanford0101020ME
Virginia TechUC Berkeley B0101020ME
WUSTL ACornell B0101020ME
WUSTL BWinona State0101020ME
Waterloo ACornell A0101020ME
Waterloo BUC Berkeley A001010E

Summary

TournamentExact Match?HeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
2025 ACF NationalsYes2119.52100%76%19%