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The Banjo Is A Rube

The Banjo Is A Rube Edward Morris Appalachian Heritage, Volume 1, Number 1, Winter 1973, p. 25 (Article) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/aph.1973.0011 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/441932/summary Access provided at 19 Feb 2020 23:21 GMT from JHU Libraries The Banjo Is A Rube Edward Morris long-necking into town, slick-headed and defensively keyed-up to glib impertinence. It is the village infidel, wise-cracking the bowed heads, plucking from crinkled knees to tapping toes the Sunday zombies into sin. It is a guerilla, starved down to the desperate energy of stretched nerves, sniping at fat pianos in full dress. It is a pensioner, retired to dusty corners, pin-striped and stiff, humming at night an agile frolic. Edward Morris is a West Virginian. He has taught literature at a number of colleges, including Alice Lloyd College. He is now back in West Virginia working and writing for Appalachia Educational Labora- tory, Inc., in Charleston. His eye is quick to perceive a truth or pierce a phoniness. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Appalachian Review University of North Carolina Press

The Banjo Is A Rube

Morris, Edward.
Appalachian Review , Volume 1 (1) – Jan 8, 2014
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Edward Morris Appalachian Heritage, Volume 1, Number 1, Winter 1973, p. 25 (Article) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/aph.1973.0011 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/441932/summary Access provided at 19 Feb 2020 23:21 GMT from JHU Libraries The Banjo Is A Rube Edward Morris long-necking into town, slick-headed and defensively keyed-up to glib impertinence. It is the village infidel, wise-cracking the bowed heads, plucking from crinkled knees to tapping toes the Sunday zombies into sin. It is a guerilla, starved down to the desperate energy of stretched nerves, sniping at fat pianos in full dress. It is a pensioner, retired to dusty corners, pin-striped and stiff, humming at night an agile frolic. Edward Morris is a West Virginian. He has taught literature at a number of colleges, including Alice Lloyd College. He is now back in West Virginia working and writing for Appalachia Educational Labora- tory, Inc., in Charleston. His eye is quick to perceive a truth or pierce a phoniness.

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