{"product_id":"playing-the-black-piano-paperback","title":"Playing the Black Piano - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBill Holm\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The finest poems Holm has ever written.\" --\u003cem\u003eMINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this collection of poems, Bill Holm--like a modern-day Walt Whitman bestriding America and the world--comments on the waywardness and promise of the human species.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePlaying the Black Piano \u003c\/em\u003ereflects Holm's time in Iceland (his ancestral home), his ongoing love affair with music, a friend's death from AIDS, and his bold reactions to the world around him. Moving from Oregon forests to the deserts around Tuscon, from the endless marketing of long-distance telephone service to the experience of undergoing an MRI, these poems speak of Holm's full embrace of the world and his passion for living well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a wise, musical collection from one of Minnesota's most treasured poets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 132\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 9.1 x 6.01 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 17, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Minnesota Book Award (2005)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43778509766719,"sku":"9781571314178","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/samiestore.shop\/products\/playing-the-black-piano-paperback","provider":"Samie","version":"1.0","type":"link"}