Banjo52

Conversation. Especially literature and language, education, football and baseball, movies, history, then and now, birds, two-lane roads. "Banjo" is a fun word, and the instrument can make fine music. But this isn't really a blog about banjos, except in the metaphorical sense of interesting sounds riding across a valley from one porch to another. Click on any photo to enlarge. Students, remember to footnote. All text and photos: © 2009-2014 Banjo52

Aug 31, 2009

RUSSO'S BRIDGE OF SIGHS: THE WOMEN

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Thomaston, NY at left ??? Banjo GPA on Bridge of Sighs: 3.7 To follow up on the Banjo52 post on July 22, here are some questions about th...
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Aug 30, 2009

RUSSO’S BRIDGE OF SIGHS: A REVIEW, PART 2

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Thomaston, NY??? Like you, I need for Banjo to shut up about Richard Russo’s Bridge of Sighs. Before I can let it go, however, I’ ve got to...
Aug 27, 2009

SCREWBALLS, TALKING, DRIVING

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Left: Screwball? If not, I think that batter better hit the deck. The young like to say, “That’s so random.” At a dinner party, a husban...
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Aug 24, 2009

JULIE & JULIA: MOVIE REVIEW

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Left: Too Cute to Be Deep? Julie & Julia GPA: 3.2 (1 is low, 4 high) It’s hard to rate this one because it does well what it s...
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Aug 21, 2009

DISTRICT 9, MOVIE REVIEW

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Left: Is That an Alien Prawn I See? MOVIE REVIEW: DISTRICT 9 On a GPA scale of 1 (low) – 4 (high) District 9 is 1.3. I’m no ...
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Aug 20, 2009

GOTHPUNKUNCLE AND THE NEW CRITICISM, Part 2

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Sunshine Musings From Yesterday: GPK: Value is dynamic rather than static. Whose stock is worth more now? Does T.S. Eliot mean as much to ...
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Aug 19, 2009

GOTHPUNKUNCLE AND THE NEW CRITICISM

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Dialogue Backward now to my August 11 post and onward, finally, to GOTHPUNKUNCLE (GPK) with apologies for my tardiness and appreciation ...
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