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    Minnesota author Bill Holm, 65, dies

    By MinnPost staff | Published Thu, Feb 26 2009 11:25 am

    Minnesota poet and essayist Bill Holm died Wednesday at a hospital in South Dakota, according to a story in today's Marshall Independent.

    Milkweed Editions publisher Daniel Slager told the paper that Holm wrote "as if someone were talking to you. That is often attempted but rarely accomplished." Milkweed published a number of Holm's books.

    Holm, who received the McKnight Distinguished Artist award last May, was 65. McKnight, in announcing the award, offered a thorough synopsis of his life. Read it here. He had retired from teaching English at Southwest Minnesota State University last year.

    MinnPost will write more on Holm's life later today.

    FULL STORY: Minnesota mourns the loss of author Bill Holm, by Casey Selix and Amy Goetzman, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009

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