MPR Books - A Literary View of Music and Minnesota with Bill Holm

A Literary View
A Literary View is a Minnesota Public Radio project that commissions noted authors to present their views of various subjects through a literary lens. This is the first Literary View event, sponsored by The College of St. Benedict as part of Minnesota Public Radio's Educational Sponsorship program.

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A Literary View of Music and Minnesota
with Bill Holm
Haehn Campus Center, College of St. Benedict
March 10, 2004

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In books of essays and poetry like Box Elder Bug Variations and Playing the Black Piano, Minnesota author Bill Holm has often explored the places where language and music intersect. Holm continues his exploration with a presentation that combines his own observations with writings about music by authors such as Walt Whitman, Christopher Smart, and the Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer. Holm's words and those of the writers he highlights are underscored by the piano accompaniment of Dan Chouinard.

Bill Holm

About Bill Holm
Bill Holm is the author of several books of essays and poetry, including Coming Home Crazy: An Alphabet of China Essays, The Heart Can Be Filled Anywhere on Earth, Eccentric Islands: Travels Real and Imaginary, and The Dead Get By with Everything, all published by Milkweed. A winner of the Minnesota Book Award, Holm teaches at Southwest State University in Marshall, Minnesota, and spends his summers in Iceland, on the Arctic Circle.