Jim Harrison (Critical Survey of Short Fiction)

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Although best known for his prose—novels and novellas—Jim Harrison is an accomplished poet (After Ikkyu and Other Poems, 1996; The Shape of the Journey: New and Collected Poems, 1998), essayist, and screenwriter. As a man of letters, Harrison made his poetic debut with the publication of Plain Song (1965). The Theory and Practice of Rivers (1985) represents a continuing pursuit of the poetic muse. Essays concerning food, travel, sports, and critical literary insights appear in Just Before Dark (1991). The screenplays...

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