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Bill holm is a poet and essayist living in minneota, minnesota. A journey in the footnotes of ibn battutah by tim mackintoshsmith. Recounting his visits to real islands we grasp the human transcending culture values of neighborhood and community. Halfway around the world, an improbable journey uk title slow boats to china. Bill holm was an american poet, essayist, memoirist, and musician. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. He is descended from icelandic immigrants and in indeed, his name holm, changed from icelandic by his ancestor, comes from old norse and means island. An alphabet of chinese essays and in 2000s eccentric islands. Part travelers journal, part philosophical exploration, this book considers the idea of islands and. Eccentric islands by bill holm 1 edition first published in 2001. He journeys to five physical islands and he travels to conceptual islands writing with the mindset of a 19thcentury traveler for whom the journey is as important as the destination, holm appeals to the traveler and the philosopher in everyone. He comes across as a guy who really lives his life, a guy youd like to meet. Bill holm, author of the rag and bone shop of the heart.

He attended gustavus adolphus college in saint peter, minnesota where he graduated in 1965. Using the concept of islands as a metaphorical vehicle, bill holm speaks to the intellect and to the soul. Travels real and imaginary, bill holm 2000 describes icelanders as literary fundamentalists, arguing that icelanders will. Bill holm was a minnesota writereducator of icelandic descent, who taught at southwestern state university in marshall, mn. The impulses inside your own body and head are all true. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. An alphabet of china essays milkweed editions, 19902000 reissue, boxelder bug variations. A minnesotan of icelandic ancestry, the authors travels have taken him all over the world. Bill holm, in his new book, eccentric islands, seconds this sentiment in a surprisingly literal mannerby declaring himself to be an island. Poet, essayist and musician bill holm reflects on various islands, both geographic and metaphorical, in eccentric islands. But some of the most interesting islands he discovered werent located on any map. Essayist bill holm journeys to five physical islands. Poet, essayist and musician bill holm reflects on various.

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Bill holm, often called the bard of the midwest, takes readers. Institute of island studies, university of prince edward island, canada. University of prince edward island by roger baird a. Its all very well for bill holm hes had the revelation. Bill holms quest for an icelandicamerican identity cbs open. His name means small island in old norse, and that fact fuels this essayists wayward journey to five physical islands iceland, madagascar.