Lannan Readings & Conversations

Jim Harrison

with Peter Lewis
Wednesday February 27 2002

Reading, February 27, 2002
Conversation, February 27, 2002
Dowloadable Podcast of this event is available

Jim Harrison has published thirteen collections of poetry, including The Shape of the Journey: New and Collected Poems; After Ikkyu; The Theory and Practice of Rivers; Natural World: A Bestiary; Returning to Earth; and Locations. He has worked as a screenwriter, book reviewer, literary critic, food columnist, sportswriter, and conservationist. Other works include a collection of novellas, The Summer He Didn't Die, and Legends of the Fall, which was made into a celebrated film. Mr. Harrison has been honored with fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation. He was born in northern Michigan in 1937 and continued to reside there until recently. He and his wife now divide their time between Montana and Arizona.

Jim Harrison Bio and Cross Links


Peter Lewis is a poet and a member of the board of Copper Canyon Press, one of the most acclaimed literary presses in the U.S. Mr. Lewis is currently producing several documentary films including one with Jim Harrison on the vanishing authenticity of food and wine in France.

Peter Lewis Bio and Cross Links