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This author’s daughter wrote a 2013 novel titled for the Kenyan man Adé and earlier coined the term “third wave” feminism. The title character (20[1])of a novel by this author helps cut down a magnolia tree (20[1])during a protest and later leaves poems on her walls for Truman Lind. In a novel by this author, a character is arrested for punching the mayor after saying (20[1])“hell (20[1])no” (20[2])in response (20[3])to the mayor’s wife (20[2])asking if she would be their (20[1])maid. In (20[1])an essay, this author described leaving a new (20[1])(*) gravestone reading (10[2])“Genius of the South” (10[1])for Zora (10[1])Neale Hurston. (10[2])In a novel (10[1])by this author (10[1])of Meridian, (10[1])a series of letters (10[1])to God details a woman’s affair (10[1])with (10[1])the blues singer Shug Avery. (10[1])For 10 points, name this author who wrote The Color Purple. (10[4])■END■ (10[3])

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