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Jim Leonard <[log in to unmask]>
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I hope you'll pardon my digression in a discussion of Mark Twain and Andy Williams, but I think Slaughterhouse-Five is a delightful book.  Sure Billy Pilgrim's wife and about 135,000 other people die in the novel, but Billy finds an effective way to come to terms with it--with an incredibly goofy effort to change the way his fellow earthlings (mistakenly?) think about such things.  As Kurt Vonnegut would say, "I love that; it's so human."   --Jim L.

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From: Mark Twain Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Hal Bush
Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2018 7:02 AM
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Subject: Re: Welcome back to the semester! REMINDER: renew your degrees!

John, I love the Andy Williams reference!  as for the billiards claim, are = there witnesses??




Dr. Hal Bush

Dept. of English

Saint Louis University

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From: Mark Twain Forum <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of John R. Pascal <alph= [log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2018 9:01:19 PM
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Subject: Re: Welcome back to the semester! REMINDER: renew your degrees!

Excuse me, Dr Bush,

It=3DE2=3D80=3D99s a good thing my dear parents are in heaven.  Since they = =3D paid for my B.A. in English, I think they might raise an eyebrow or two =3D and wish a private word with you concerning the need to renew my degree.

Also, I have taught Slaughterhouse-Five (not my choice) to my high =3D school juniors for several years.  It was the summer reading for =3D September discussion.
It made them needlessly more depressed beyond returning to school no =3D matter how many different times I tried to explain it and put it into =3D context as an important work in American literature.=3D20
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So much better to have shortened SL-5 book discussion and jump right =3D into the mighty Mississippi River with Huckleberry Finn, which they =3D absolutely love each year;=3D20

It certainly is our favorite time of year.  I do play Andy Williams=3DE2=3D= 80=3D99=3D  =3DE2=3D80=3D9CThe Most Wonderful Time of the Year=3DE2=3D80=3D9D every Se= ptember =3D on the first day of class and it gets even the most emotionally hardened = =3D of students to smile and grin.  But hey, what do I know?  I=3DE2=3D80=3D99m=  =3D still learning myself.

I do know that you graciously let me win a round of billiards against =3D you at Elmira last year.

:D
John Pascal
> On Aug 17, 2018, at 5:30 PM, Hal Bush <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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