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Jim Harrison's Reading List

The author, most recently, of “The Ancient Minstrel” is an inveterate reader of cookbooks, including Mario Batali, Anthony Bourdain and Gabrielle Hamilton.

By the Book: Jim Harrison (2016)

NYT By the Book column (2016-03-17).

Source: www.nytimes.com

Selected Poems

Antonio Machado · Buy on Amazon

"I reread the "Selected Poems" of Antonio Machado recently, after my wife died. I found it helped to study Machado, whose grave I once visited in Collioure, France."

Body of Water

Chris Dombrowski · Buy on Amazon

"Now on my night table is a splendid book about the Bahamas by Chris Dombrowski called "Body of Water," to be published this fall by Milkweed Editions."

Leaves of Grass

Walt Whitman · Buy on Amazon

"I suppose my favorite poem is ultimately "Leaves of Grass," by Walt Whitman, and then my early addiction for Rimbaud and Apollinaire."

Wuthering Heights

Unknown · Buy on Amazon

"My original favorite fictional hero was Heathcliff in Brontë's "Wuthering Heights.""

Out Stealing Horses

Per Petterson · Buy on Amazon

"I also like the contemporary writers Per Petterson ("Out Stealing Horses")."

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