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Cookie-tin Banjo

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Cookie-tin Banjo by Benjamin Scheuer & Escapist Papers. Illustrations by Nicholas Stevenson.

In the archives, more banjos and more stories told through song: Grant Olney‘s Not From Body, Massimo Giangrande’s Paper Plane, and Nat Johnson’s Dog. Bonus: DIY instruments.

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