{"product_id":"playing-the-black-piano-9781571314178","title":"Playing the Black Piano","description":"In Playing the Black Piano, poet Bill Holm confronts themes of aging, AIDS, friendship, and music, revealing an everyman sensibility that celebrates the beauty, truth, and evanescence of everyday life. Typical is \"Playing Haydn for the Angel of Death,\" in which the reaper sits in a straight-backed chair in the side yard, in no hurry to claim his due as long as strains of Haydn drift through the window to amuse and distract him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Milkweed Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/17\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781571314178\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 132\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.01w x 0.44d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Minnesota Book Award - Finalist","brand":"Bill Holm","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43180635750581,"sku":"9781571314178","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_1602ff39-7779-4413-9cd6-8747e5d59b81.jpg?v=1697517293","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/playing-the-black-piano-9781571314178","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}