Jim Harrison, Amercian Artist

I discovered Jim Harrison while working in the advertising department of a magazine where he was a contributing poet. It wasn’t until I received a copy of The Beast God Forgot To Invent that I recognized a true American artist. His prose is often called muscular or masculine—this description does nothing for one reading a review of his work. Simply put, he’s in the top tier of American writers working today. His novellas and books are often set in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula among the sturdy, hard-living folk who inhabit this region from all levels of society. Harrison’s work is infused with a love of nature and his own kinship with animals and the outdoors. I feel like to go on about an artist is like trying to explain comedy; check out his collection of poetry, novels, and the food columns that he wrote for Esquire, etc… at Amazon.