James Harrison was born in Grayling, Michigan, the son of a county agricultural agent. He was blinded in one eye in childhood. His father and sister died in a car accident when he was 21. He attended Michigan State University and received a B.A. in 1960 and an M.A in 1964 in Comparative Literature. After working as an assistant professor of English at State University of New York, Stony Brook, he became a full-time writer. He currently lives in both Patagonia, Arizona and Livingston, Montana.
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Legends of the fall
10 editions - first published in 1978 Borrow -
Sundog
8 editions - first published in 1984 Borrow -
Warlock
7 editions - first published in 1981 Borrow -
A good day to die
5 editions - first published in 1973 -
Dalva
5 editions - first published in 1988 -
Farmer
4 editions - first published in 1976 -
The English major
3 editions - first published in 2008 -
Poems
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Wolf
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Julip
3 editions - first published in 1994 Borrow -
The woman lit by fireflies
3 editions - first published in 1990 Borrow -
True north
2 editions - first published in 2004 -
Letters to Yesenin
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Just before dark
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Returning to earth
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Plain song
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Off to the side
1 edition - first published in 2002 -
The man who gave up his name
1 edition - first published in 1979 -
Letter to Yesenin (and) Returning to earth
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The theory & practice of rivers
1 edition - first published in 1986 -
The road home
1 edition - first published in 1998 -
Dalva : a novel
1 edition - first published in 1989 -
After Ikkyū and other poems
1 edition - first published in 1996 -
The boy who ran to the woods
1 edition - first published in 2000 -
Revenge
1 edition - first published in 1979 -
Outlyer and ghazals
1 edition - first published in 1971 -
Nord-Michigan
1 edition - first published in 1976 -
Locations
1 edition - first published in 1968 -
Walking
1 edition - first published in 1967 -
In search of small gods
1 edition - first published in 2009 -
Conversations with Jim Harrison
1 edition - first published in 2002 -
The theory & practice of rivers and new poems
1 edition - first published in 1989 -
The beast God forgot to invent
1 edition - first published in 2000 DAISY -
The shape of the journey
1 edition - first published in 1998 Borrow -
Plain song
1 edition - first published in 1965 Borrow -
Farmer
1 edition - first published in 1993 Borrow -
Farmer
1 edition - first published in 1993 Borrow -
Confusion reigns
1 edition - first published in 1987 Borrow -
Songs of unreason
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The great leader
1 edition - first published in 2011 -
The summer he didn't die
1 edition - first published in 2005
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History Created April 1, 2008 · 3 revisions
| August 4, 2010 | Edited by caf21 | Added new photo |
| August 4, 2010 | Edited by caf21 | Added bio, added birth date, added Wikipedia link |
| April 1, 2008 | Created by an anonymous user | initial import |