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Luminaries from the Minnesota literary world will gather this evening at 

and to read from his latest work (published posthumously), "

Those reading from his new book will include Minnesota Poet Laureate Robert Bly, Holm's wife Marcella Brekken, Milkweed Editions' publishers Emilie Buchwald and Daniel Slager, and poets Phil Bryant, Phebe Hanson, Jim Heynen, Jim Lenfestey, Freya Manfred, Joe and Nancy Paddock and John Rezmerski.

Pianist Sonja Thompson will accompany the evening, performing selections of Hayden (one of Holm's favorite composers) and other classics.

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Poet Bill Holm was working on his last book when he died in February. Now that book is published, and his friends are reading from it in a tribute.

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