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Playing the Black Piano: Poems
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Full Title:
Playing the Black Piano: Poems
Contributors:
By (Author) Bill Holm
Publisher:
Milkweed Editions
Imprint:
Milkweed Editions
Publication Date:
17th February 2004
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
General
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Dewey:
811.54
Prizes:
Commended for Minnesota Book Award (Poetry) 2005
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
144
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 228mm
Weight:
212g
Description
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.
