Essayist and poet Bill Holm was nationally known for his distinctly Minnesotan writing.

He's the author of several works, including "Boxelder Bug Variations," "Coming Home Crazy," "Playing the Black Piano," and most recently "Windows of Brimnes: an American in Iceland."

His friends and colleagues compare Holm to Walt Whitman and Henry David Thoreau for writing so devotedly about his home town of Minneota...

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