Jim Harrison (Critical Survey of Long Fiction)
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To appreciate fully the lyrical voice that dominates Jim Harrison’s best novels, it is helpful to bear in mind that he began his career as a poet. His first two volumes, Plain Song (1965), written under the name “James Harrison,” and Locations (1968), received very little attention, and the reviews were mixed. With the publication of Outlyer and Ghazals (1971), critics began to give Harrison his due, but his next two volumes, Letters to Yesenin (1973) and Returning to Earth (1977), both issued by small publishing...
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