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Playing the Black Piano

Bill Holm

Finalist:Minnesota Book Award -Poetry (2005)
In Playing the Black Piano, poet Bill Holm confronts themes of aging, AIDS, friendship, and music, revealing an everyman sensibility that celebrates the beauty, truth, and evanescence of everyday life. Typical is "Playing Haydn for the Angel of Death," in which the reaper sits in a straight-backed chair in the side yard, in no hurry to claim his due as long as strains of Haydn drift through the window to amuse and distract him.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Milkweed Editions
  • Publish Date: Feb 17th, 2004
  • Pages: 132
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 9.10in - 6.01in - 0.44in - 0.48lb
  • EAN: 9781571314178
  • Categories: American - GeneralSubjects & Themes - Animals & Nature