Talk of the Stacks: Bill Holm November 29, 2007

Poet, musician, and polemicist Bill Holm brings us his most ambitious book to date in the Windows of Brimnes, a long essay that reflects on the state of America today as seen from the window of his home in the small fishing town of Brimnes, Iceland. Holm contrasts Iceland’s warmth, community, secularism, pacifism, and love of nature and poetry with America’s seemingly permanent state of war, fundamentalism, and pervasive violence. Bill Holm delivers a straightforward and often comical reflection on the state of our country today.

The Friends of the Minneapolis Public Library and U.S. Trust present Talk of the Stacks, a reading series at the Minneapolis Central Library exploring contemporary literature and culture. Readings are held at the Minneapolis Central Library, Pohlad Hall, 300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis.

The programs are free with open seating to the public. Book sale and signing follow presentations. 612-630-6174 for more info.

Official Website: http://www.friendsofmpl.org/events_home.html