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 : Boxelder Bug Variations: A Meditation on an Idea in Language and Music


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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 818.5409
EAN: 9780915943432
ISBN: 0915943433
Label: Milkweed Editions
Manufacturer: Milkweed Editions
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 104
Publication Date: January 12, 1993
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Studio: Milkweed Editions




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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:  out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Creative Senselessness and Prose
Bill Holm, of Minneota, Minnesota creatively tackles the subject of the Boxelder bug. This thin volume includes cleverly written poetry, essays and music on the theme of the Boxelder Bug.

Example...from p. 26

The Minnesota UnderTaker, Thinking Perhaps of Future Business, Looks Me Square in the Eye During Men's Night at the Golf Course, And Says:

I thought of you last night as I flicked a boxelder bug off my lapel.

At times humorous, at times ... Read More



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Sheer, unadulterated silliness and fun
The concept, in and of itself defies explanation -a work of art devoted to boxelder bugs.

As a child, I despied boxelder bugs. Their beady red eyes, their sleek black bodies, and their ability to fly, were too much for a four-year-old to bear. The bugs hung in massive colonies onto the green siding of our St. Paul home and frequently flew around my head and into my hair.

Bill Holm's book gave me an appreciation for this bug that I never could have imagined having before. ... Read More







 






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