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Jim Harrison


Born
in Grayling, Michigan, The United States
December 11, 1937

Died
March 26, 2016

Genre
Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction

Influences
Willa Cather, William Faulkner, John Steinbeck ...more


Jim Harrison was born in Grayling, Michigan, to Winfield Sprague Harrison, a county agricultural agent, and Norma Olivia (Wahlgren) Harrison, both avid readers. He married Linda King in 1959 with whom he has two daughters.

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. See this thread for more information.

His awards include National Academy of Arts grants (1967, 68, 69), a Guggenheim Fellowship (1969-70), the Spirit of the West Award from the Mountain & Plains Booksellers Association, and election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2007).

Much of Harrison's writing depicts sparsely populated regions of North America with many stories set in places such as Nebraska's Sand Hills, Michigan's ...more

Combine Editions

Average rating: 3.99 · 63,701 ratings · 6,322 reviews · 186 distinct works • Similar authors
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4.16 avg rating — 4,482 ratings — published 1988 — 48 editions
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The English Major
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True North
3.91 avg rating — 3,132 ratings — published 1994 — 27 editions
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Brown Dog
4.16 avg rating — 2,717 ratings — published 2013 — 14 editions
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Returning to Earth
4.05 avg rating — 2,423 ratings — published 2007 — 39 editions
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The Woman Lit By Fireflies
4.05 avg rating — 2,246 ratings — published 1990 — 33 editions
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3.57 avg rating — 2,200 ratings — published 2011 — 25 editions
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The Road Home
4.34 avg rating — 1,773 ratings — published 1998 — 5 editions
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Quotes by Jim Harrison  (?)
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“I like grit, I like love and death, I'm tired of irony.”
― Jim Harrison
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“Some people hear their own inner voices with great clearness. And they live by what they hear. Such people become crazy... or they become legend. ”
― Jim Harrison
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“I like grit, I like love and death, I'm tired of irony. ... A lot of good fiction is sentimental. ... The novelist who refuses sentiment refuses the full spectrum of human behavior, and then he just dries up. ... I would rather give full vent to all human loves and disappointments, and take a chance on being corny, than die a smartass.”
― Jim Harrison
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