Music of Failure

The ground bass is failure; America is the key signature; Pauline Bardal is the lyrical tune that sings at the center; Minneota, Minnesota, is the staff on which the tunes are written. So begins the masterful title piece from Bill Holms first book of essays, The Music of Failure. This collection introduced to many the singular vision and voice of literary giant Bill Holm, a writer who had traveled well and widely but came back to his hometown of Minneotathe town of his immigrant Icelandic ancestorsas, in his words, for all practical purposes a failure.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Bill Holm (1943–2009) was a one-of-a-kind poet, essayist, and musician. He wrote several acclaimed books and won the Minnesota Book Award and the McKnight Distinguished Artist Award. He lived in Minneota, Minnesota, and spent summers in Iceland, and he taught English for many years at Southwest Minnesota State University.

Jim Heynen has published widely as a writer of poems, novels, nonfiction, and short fiction.

David Pichaske is editor in chief of Spoon River Poetry Press, Ellis Press, and Plains Press.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Jim (FRW)/ Pichaske Heynen, Holm Bill, Bill Holm
• Verlag: University Of Minnesota Press
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 29.04.2010
• Thema: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur > Essays, Feuilleton, Literaturkritik, Interviews; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges
• EAN: 9780816670086
• ISBN: 978-0-8166-7008-6
• Anzahl Seiten: 160
• Serie: Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Herit, Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book, Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage, Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage, Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Herit, A Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book