Eccentric islands travels real and imaginary bill holm book

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. Part travelers journal, part philosophical exploration, this book considers the idea of islands and. Part traveler s journal, part philosophical exploration, the book considers the idea of islands and asks whether they encourage eccentricity and grandeur in human beings, as scientists argue they do in the natural world. Music, people, islands real and imaginary, geography, history, poetry, story great stuff. Publisher profile milkweed editions articles foreword. Holms wit, brilliant and clear images and lucid narrative, interspersed with prose poems sometimes painfully lovely, combine into a thoughtful and thoughtprovoking book.

Reports from the edges of america and beyond le guin, ursula k. Using the concept of islands as a metaphorical vehicle, bill holm speaks to the intellect and to the soul. Eccentric islands is a literary expedition across the map to islands both real. Prairie days by bill holm, tom guttormsson photographer. Our sheltered lives, 20, 262 pages, fred bales, 0988539535. I was seriously disappointed that the book did not carry out the. Jan 31, 2003 interview with authortraveler bill holm.

Islands of the imagination are explored, as places of retreat, creativity, and reflection. Dec 05, 20 in eccentric islands, the poet and travel writer bill holm celebrated offbeat destinations like iceland and madagascar. Iceland, madagascar, molokai, isla mujeres, and mallard island. Travels real and imaginary, bill holm, often called the bard of the midwest, takes readers on an excursion to islands both real and symbolic. Eccentric islands is a literary expedition across the map to islands both real and imaginary.

Minnesota book awards finalist book awards librarything. Along the way, it introduces beguiling characters and cultures, from the wellread radio man on an icelandic freighter to the robert johnson of madagascar and his. Certainly, it will inspire some readers to look for their own islands, real or imaginary. Travels real and imaginary and the heart can be filled anywhere on earth. The impulses inside your own body and head are all true. Travels real and imaginary by bill holm really liked it 4. If you are interested in reading about eccentric islands, there are a ton of better books out there. Bill holm s books include the heart can be filled anywhere on earth milkweed editions, 19962000 reissue, eccentric islands. Travels real and imaginary by bill holm 2001, paperback at the best online prices at. Windows of brimnes cleansing an americans soul the. Its all very well for bill holm hes had the revelation. Id been planning to read holms book of essays, windows of brimnes for quite some time. Sherlock holmes and the giant rat of sumatra by alan vanneman. Travels real and imaginary by holm, bill book the fast free.

Buy prairie days by bill holm, tom guttormsson photographer online at alibris. Bill holm studies the significance of islands and discusses whether they encourage eccentricity and grandeur in human beings. Only our memory and our metaphors carry us forward, not our money, not our gadgets, not our opinions. The celebrated essayist takes readers on a journey to famous islands around the worldincluding iceland, madagascar, molokai, mallard island, and isla mujeres and into thethe biggest secret, david icke, 1999, political science, 517 pages. Part travelers journal, part philosophical exploration, this book considers the idea. An alphabet of china essays milkweed editions, 19902000 reissue, boxelder bug variations. Bill holm is amazingly descriptive and beautifully human.

Bill holm, author of the rag and bone shop of the heart. Bill holm was an american poet, essayist, memoirist, and musician. Bill holm, often called the bard of the midwest, takes readers on an excursion to islands both real and symbolic. Holm taught in china and wrote about the experience in 1990s coming home crazy. The savvy traveler rundown week of january 31, 2003.

Bill comes from icelandic heritage, and he owns a home in iceland. Apr 15, 2009 from the prairie, holms cantankerous voice boomed across the literary landscape. 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. Listen in realaudio a couple weeks ago, minnesota writerworld traveler bill holm was on our first live savvy traveler show in st. Jul 18, 2016 publisher daniel slager says milkweed editions specializes in books that change the way people see the world, and with more than three decades under its belt, and awardwinning books to showcase, it must be working. Bill holm is forceful, insightful and lyrical in windows of brimnes. Holm peers into the fog, framed by the windows of his little house for this book is, after all, a kind of love letter to a safe place, framed by his ancestors, his genealogy, his life as an. Bill holm is a poet and essayist living in minneota, minnesota. A journey in the footnotes of ibn battutah by tim mackintoshsmith. Bill holm part travelers journal, part philosophical exploration, this book considers the idea of islands and asks whether they encourage eccentricity and grandeur in human beings. Jan 11, 2008 bill holm is forceful, insightful and lyrical in windows of brimnes.

A reader sinks almost immediately into the hands of a master storyteller, a true rambler. Eccentric islands travels real and imaginary, bill holm, 2000, travel, 346 pages. Spirit and ancestor by bill holm first edition ebay. His name means small island in old norse, and that fact fuels this essayists wayward journey to five physical islands iceland, madagascar. Holm has written about iceland before, perhaps most vividly in the collection of essays eccentric islands. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Bill holm, in his new book, eccentric islands, seconds this sentiment in a surprisingly literal. The ice museum, in search of the lost land of thule. The book is full of tales of islandness, both real and imaginary. Fabulous ancestor first edition hardcover by donald demarest book. Below the news, read what makes milkweed editions books stand out and what keeps slager up at night. Travels real and imaginary by bill holm 2000, hardcover at the best online prices at. Part travelers journal, part philosophical exploration, the book considers the idea of islands and asks whether they encourage eccentricity and grandeur in human beings, as scientists argue they do in the natural world.

Holm leaps into his topic with an essay titled call me island, in which he expounds on his central topic. Share this title eccentric islands is a literary expedition across the map to islands both real and imaginary. Nature returns to the city mcmurtry, larry paradise mcphee, john the founding fish mieville, china perdido street station. Travels real and imaginary bill holm, author milkweed. Bill holm is a minnesotan of icelandic descent who bought a modest house in rural iceland to spend. There, he read a story from his book eccentric islands. Bill holm eccentric islands travels real and imaginary first. Travels real and imaginary has 2 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. Borrowed from mike racette great reader, discusser, and promoter of reading on our annual overnight in late december at springhill, this book was engaging, riveting in parts, moving, enjoyable, provoking. Recounting his visits to real islands we grasp the human transcending culture values of neighborhood and community. Bill holms books include the heart can be filled anywhere on earth milkweed editions, 19962000 reissue, eccentric islands. Description of holmward bound an evening with bill holm. An alphabet of chinese essays and in 2000s eccentric islands. I aman evangelical literary fundamentalist, he wrote in his 2000 book, eccentric islands.

Travels real and imaginary bill holm, often called the bard of the midwest, takes readers on an excursion to islands both real and symbolic. 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. Travels real and imaginary, milkweed editions 2000, coming home crazy. If you like essays that reach beyond the usual, give eccentric islands by bill holm. Dakota and lakota women tell their stories by sarah penman. Family, stories, home, and place in the texas hill country by david syring. Eirik the red and other icelandic sagas by gwyn jones. Dec 02, 2007 holm peers into the fog, framed by the windows of his little house for this book is, after all, a kind of love letter to a safe place, framed by his ancestors, his genealogy, his life as an. Bill holm studies the significance of islands and discusses whether they encourage eccentricity and grandeur in.