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Old and New Testaments (review)

Old and New Testaments (review) William Jolliff Appalachian Heritage, Volume 24, Number 3, Summer 1996, pp. 71-73 (Review) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/aph.1996.0051 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/436683/summary Access provided at 19 Feb 2020 21:08 GMT from JHU Libraries occasionally distracting. This is natural for a book that began in part as journal articles, but that doesn't make the reading any easier. That difficulty aside, Conway's achievement here is considerable. She has presented an argument that changes the way we think about the history of the banjo and the importance of the African-American banjo tradition in the American evolution of that instrument. And, simultaneously, she has made available a wealth of engaging primary material—a contribu- tion made all the more poignant by her Epilogue, in which she recounts the deaths of the last three black banjo players in the tradition. Powell, Lynn. Old and New Testaments. Madison: University of Wis- consin Press, 1995. 68 pages. Hardcover $17.95. Paperback $9.95. The poems in this book fulfill the prophecy of the title: they are as rich in biblical allusions as one might anticipate. The first poem, "Nativity," begins like this: Some parents shy away from the body, but we http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Appalachian Review University of North Carolina Press

Old and New Testaments (review)

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William Jolliff Appalachian Heritage, Volume 24, Number 3, Summer 1996, pp. 71-73 (Review) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/aph.1996.0051 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/436683/summary Access provided at 19 Feb 2020 21:08 GMT from JHU Libraries occasionally distracting. This is natural for a book that began in part as journal articles, but that doesn't make the reading any easier. That difficulty aside, Conway's achievement here is considerable. She has presented an argument that changes the way we think about the history of the banjo and the importance of the African-American banjo tradition in the American evolution of that instrument. And, simultaneously, she has made available a wealth of engaging primary material—a contribu- tion made all the more poignant by her Epilogue, in which she recounts the deaths of the last three black banjo players in the tradition. Powell, Lynn. Old and New Testaments. Madison: University of Wis- consin Press, 1995. 68 pages. Hardcover $17.95. Paperback $9.95. The poems in this book fulfill the prophecy of the title: they are as rich in biblical allusions as one might anticipate. The first poem, "Nativity," begins like this: Some parents shy away from the body, but we

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