Biography

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.

Books by Jim Harrison

Search for the Genuine
Search for the Genuine
2025
Theory and Practice of Rivers
Theory and Practice of Rivers
2025
Braided Creek : A Conversation
Braided Creek : A Conversation in Poetry
2023
Jim Harrison : Complete Poems
Jim Harrison : Complete Poems
2021
Collected Ghazals
Collected Ghazals
2020
Leyendas de otoño
Leyendas de otoño
2019
BrainFishing
BrainFishing
2018
Really Big Lunch
Really Big Lunch
2018
A Really Big Lunch Lib/E
A Really Big Lunch Lib/E
2017
Coca-Cola Art of Jim Harrison
Coca-Cola Art of Jim Harrison
2017
Raw and the Cooked
Raw and the Cooked
2017
Ancient Minstrel
Ancient Minstrel
2016
Etiquette of Freedom
Etiquette of Freedom
2016
The Ancient Minstrel Lib/E
The Ancient Minstrel Lib/E
2016
The Big Seven
The Big Seven
2015
Brown Dog: Novellas
Brown Dog: Novellas
2013
Palmetto and Its South Carolin
Palmetto and Its South Carolina Home
2013
River Swimmer
River Swimmer
2013
Data centres
Data centres
2012
The Palmetto and Its South Carolina Home
The Palmetto and Its South Carolina Home
2012
Les Jeux de La Nuit (Litteratu
Les Jeux de La Nuit (Litterature Generale) (French Edition)
2011
Microsoft Forefront Threat Man
Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) Administrator's Companion
2010
Une Odyssee Americaine (Litter
Une Odyssee Americaine (Litterature Generale) (French Edition)
2010
Jim Harrison
Jim Harrison
2009
Tornar a la terra
Tornar a la terra
2009
Tree of Meaning
Tree of Meaning
2009
The English Major
The English Major
2008
Aventures d'un gourmand vagabond (French Edition)
Aventures d'un gourmand vagabond (French Edition)
2007
En route vers l'ouest
En route vers l'ouest
2007
Listening Tests for Students,
Listening Tests for Students, Edexcel Gcse Music Specification
2007
L'ETE OU IL FAILLIT MOURIR
L'ETE OU IL FAILLIT MOURIR
2006
Summer He Didn't Die
Summer He Didn't Die
2005
Gilt-Edged Market
Gilt-Edged Market
2003
Adventures in Wine
Adventures in Wine
2002
Dead Man's Float
Dead Man's Float
2001
For a Handful of Feathers
For a Handful of Feathers
1997
After Ikkyu and Other Poems
After Ikkyu and Other Poems
1996
Woman Lit by Fireflies
Woman Lit by Fireflies
1991
En marge
En marge
1971
Les jeux de la nuit
Les jeux de la nuit
1964