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About Jim Harrison
American poet, novelist, and essayist
Jim Harrison was an American poet, novelist, and essayist. He wrote across the 20th and early 21st centuries, and remains best known for the range of his work and for the poems he valued most. He is associated with 113 quotes on this site. Harrison published more than three dozen books in poetry, fiction, nonfiction, children’s literature, and memoir. He also wrote screenplays, book reviews, and literary criticism, and he published essays on food, travel, and sport. Among his many forms, he said poetry mattered most to him.
More from Jim Harrison (113 quotes) →Keep reading Jim Harrison
- “Everybody has a gun in their car in Detroit.”Jim Harrison
- “We are supposed to write poetry to keep the gods alive.”Jim Harrison
- “I'm a time person. It's the one discipline I manage.”Jim Harrison
- “You do manage a somewhat religious attitude toward your art. It is a calling rather than a job.”Jim Harrison
Books: more sayings
- “A wild and crazy weekend involves sitting on the front porch, smoking a cigar, reading a book.”Robert M. Gates
- “I try to be upbeat. I read this book which tells you to write down everything that you're grateful for each d…”Naomie Harris
- “Let's put in place programs to ensure that all of our children are reading by third grade.”Valerie Jarrett
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Books by Jim Harrison
Warlock
1981
Letters to Yesenin
1973