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I got $30 from Nation magazine for a poem and $500 for my first book of poems.

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Jim Harrison
Age: 78 †
Born: 1937
Born: December 11
Died: 2016
Died: March 26
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Nothing on my trip thus far was as I expected which shows you that rather than simply read about the United States you have to log the journey.
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I see more genuine sociability between the races in Mississippi than I see in Michigan. No question.
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I do have trouble with titles.
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Strangely, when I totally emerged from this slump I couldn't comprehend how I had almost drowned it it.
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I would rather give full vent to all human loves and disappointments, and take a chance on being corny, than die a smartass.
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We set this house on fire forgetting that we live within.
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I wonder, when a writer's blocked and doesn't have any resources to pull himself out of it, why doesn't he jump in his car and drive around the U.S.A.? I went last winter for seven thousand miles and it was lovely. Inexpensive, too.
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Michigan is two radically different places - the North and the South which makes for good drama and contrast.
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Zen is the vehicle of reality.
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Birthdays are ghost bounty hunters that track you down to ask, Que pasa, baby?
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Marriage is survived just on the basis of ordinary etiquette, day in and day out. Also cooking together helps a lot.
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The simple act of opening a bottle of wine has brought more happiness to the human race than all the collective governments in the history of earth
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The only advice I can give to aspiring writers is don't do it unless you're willing to give your whole life to it. Red wine and garlic also helps.
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