Jim Harrison, the author and poet who penned Legends of the Fall has died, CNN and The New York Times report. He was 78. He died on Saturday at his home in Patagonia, Arizona, his publisher, Grove ...

Harrison inspired Tom Bissell to become an author, himself, and show that you didn't need to be from NYC or LA to be a literary giant. Jim Harrison was a great titan of literature, having made a name ...

Beginning with 1979s “Legends of the Fall,” Michigan-based novelist and poet Jim Harrison has shown himself to be a master of the novella form. Through five novella collections that followed, the ...

The movie starring Brad Pitt made 'Legends of the Fall' Jim Harrison's most famous work. One of the greatest Michigan-based writers of his generation died over the weekend. We remember Jim Harrison ...

Which tree, I wonder, as I walk to the cottage that serves as Harrison’s writing studio. The implication is that one’s spirit is part of nature, part of the birdsong and sheep and the weathered ...

As the literary world mourns the passing of poet and author Jim Harrison, many of his fans are revisiting his writing--much of which was informed by his Michigan upbringing and passion for the ...

Jim Harrison, the writer and poet whose works include the historical saga Legends of the Fall, has died at the age of 78. A spokeswoman for Harrison’s publishing house, Grove Atlantic, told the ...

In a career that began in the 1960s — and brought comparisons to Faulkner and Hemingway — Jim Harrison wrote more than three dozen books, including the novels Dalva and True North, the novella Legends ...