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Jim Harrison was an American author born on December 11, 1937, and passed away on March 26, 2016. Known for his poetry, novels, and essays, his works have been widely appreciated by readers.

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Famous Jim Harrison Quotes

“Why shouldn't this happen? I have to rid myself of this last land mine, the unlived life.”

Life Poetry Poem Living Unlived Life

Author:Jim Harrison

“It's up to poets to revive the gods.”

Poetry Poets

Book:Dead Man's Float

Source: Dead Man's Float

“It's very difficult to look at the World and into your heart at the same time. In between, a life has passed.”

Poetry

Book:After Ikkyu & Other Poems

Source: After Ikkyu & Other Poems

“That's money, folks, the perverse love thereof, as if we swam carrying an anchor or the blinders my grandpa's horses wore so that while ploughing they wouldn't notice anything but the furrow ahead, not certainly the infinitely circular horizon of earth.”

Poetry Money Poem Greed

Author:Jim Harrison

“A modern man, I do not make undue connections though my heart wrenches daily against the unknowable, almighty throb and heave of the universe against my skin that sings a song for which we haven't quite found the words.”

Poetry Universe Poem Connections Magnitude Unknowable

Author:Jim Harrison

“I got $30 from Nation magazine for a poem and $500 for my first book of poems.”

Firsts Book Poetry Literature Nations Magazines

Author:Jim Harrison

About the Author

Born: December 11, 1937
Died: March 26, 2016
Known for: Author
Quotes: 105

Books & Sources

Conversations with Jim HarrisonRelated source material

Off to the Side: A MemoirRelated source material

In Search of Small GodsRelated source material

The English Major: A NovelRelated source material

The Road HomeRelated source material

True NorthRelated source material

Just Before DarkRelated source material

Songs of UnreasonRelated source material

The Shape of the Journey: New & Collected PoemsRelated source material

After Ikkyu & Other PoemsRelated source material

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