Jim Harrison (1) (1937–2016)
Autor(a) de Legends of the Fall
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About the Author
James Thomas Harrison was born on December 11, 1937 in Grayling, Michigan. After receiving a B.A. in comparative literature from Michigan State University in 1960 and a M.A. in comparative literature from the same school in 1964, he briefly taught English at the State University of New York at mostrar mais Stony Brook. During his lifetime, he wrote 14 collections of poetry, 21 volumes of fiction, two books of essays, a memoir, and a children's book. His collections of poetry included Plain Song, The Theory and Practice of Rivers, Songs of Unreason, and Dead Man's Float. He received a Guggenheim fellowship for his poetry in 1969. His essays on food, much of which first appeared in Esquire, was collected in the 2001 book, The Raw and the Cooked. His memoir, Off to the Side, was published in 2002. His first novel, Wolf, was published in 1971. His other works of fiction included A Good Day to Die, Farmer, The Road Home, Julip, and The Ancient Minstrel. His novel, Legends of the Fall, was adapted into a feature film starring Anthony Hopkins and Brad Pitt. Harrison wrote the screenplay for the movie. His novel, Dalva, was adapted as a made-for-television movie starring Rod Steiger and Farrah Fawcett. He died on March 26, 2016 at the age of 78. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Séries
Obras por Jim Harrison
The Etiquette of Freedom: Gary Snyder, Jim Harrison, and The Practice of the Wild (2010) 68 exemplares
Jim Harrison Reads Wolf Legend of the Fall/Farmer Sundog and Interviews Kayconetti (1984) 3 exemplares
Conversations with Jim Harrison, Revised and Updated (Literary Conversations Series) (2019) 2 exemplares
Russell Chatham: One Hundred Paintings 2 exemplares
Wolf: A False Memoir AND Farmer 1 exemplar
Sumac Vol. 2 No. 1 Fall 1969 1 exemplar
SUMAC , VOLUME 3, NUMBER II, WINTER 1971 1 exemplar
author, jim harrison 1 exemplar
Vento di passioni 1 exemplar
Poem of War 1 exemplar
Associated Works
These United States: Original Essays by Leading American Writers on Their State within the Union by John Leonard (1995) — Contribuidor — 90 exemplares
Who's Writing This? Notations on the Authorial I, with Self-Portraits {not Antæus} (1995) — Contribuidor — 72 exemplares
Take My Advice: Letters to the Next Generation from People Who Know a Thing or Two (2002) — Contribuidor — 45 exemplares
Antaeus No. 64/65, Spring/Autumn 1990 - Twentieth Anniversary Issue (1990) — Contribuidor — 12 exemplares
Fire Exit, Volume 1, Number 1 — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar
Fire Exit, Volume 1, Number 2 — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome legal
- Harrison, James Thomas
- Data de nascimento
- 1937-12-11
- Data de falecimento
- 2016-03-26
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Grayling, Michigan, USA
- Local de falecimento
- Patagonia, Arizona, USA
- Causa da morte
- heart failure
- Locais de residência
- Reed City, Michigan, USA
Lake Leelanau, Michigan, USA
Stony Brook, New York, USA
Hollywood, California, USA - Educação
- Michigan State University (BA - Comparative Literature, MA - Comparative Literature)
- Ocupações
- novelist
teacher
poet
essayist - Relações
- Nicholson, Jack (Ami)
- Organizações
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature ∙ 2007)
Trout Unlimited
Grouse Society
State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York, USA
Membros
Críticas
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 70
- Also by
- 20
- Membros
- 10,596
- Popularidade
- #2,245
- Avaliação
- 3.8
- Críticas
- 283
- ISBN
- 552
- Línguas
- 15
- Marcado como favorito
- 11
I am saddened that most of the posthumous selections were not of the same quality. There is a whole section about celebrities he has known, most of which felt like name-dropping. Yet, amidst his ramblings about Pablo Neruda he manages to relate "Our bifurcated and predatory culture crushes and strain the economically-nonviable language of earth from our lives. In contrast, Neruda..that there are no poetic subjects per se, and that we aren't romantic soloists on this sky island of earth." (p.58)
There is another large section of fishing excursions, some of which might appeal to fanatics, but again more name-dropping of the people he went fishing with. Others are like very descriptive travelogues without any real point other than to put the reader into the scene, tho in his essay on Peter Matthiessen who thoroughly researched habitat he mentions "Many of us don't see much on our travels because we don't know what we are looking at." (p.35) Too much of that time seems to have been spent drinking too much, but perhaps that is a consequence of the number of essays originally printed in male-oriented magazines. His tendency to slip a little advertising for his writing as a non-sequitur in articles also became irritating: e,g, "driving here along the MIssouri River is where I was inspired to write my book Dalva."
He was more thoughtful in the section on hunting & dogs. "As a sport, grouse hunting has often seemed ill advised to me in terms of the hours spent. But that is John Calvin creeping up again with all of his boring, utilitarian advice." (p.132) He slips in promotion for outdoorsmen taking care of the world around them, as it is too easily spoiled by users who don't root themselves in nature.
What a conundrum. Do I keep the book for the few good essays, or pass it on? Perhaps I should just look for a volume of his poetry. He manages to quote Richard Nelson's "Make Prayers to the Raven" which give me hope for his non-commercial writing.… (mais)