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Writer, poet Jim Harrison is a determined 'outsider'

Most of Jim Harrison's 32 books have been set in the sparsely populated areas he knows well: Northern Michigan, the Sandhills of Nebraska, the Arizona-Mexico border and in the beautiful "Paradise Valley" near Livingston, Mt., where he now lives much…

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Writer Jim Harrison Is a Determined 'Outsider'

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Poet Jim Harrison reads some of his poems.

Jim Harrison Reads 'Calendars' and Other Poems

Poet Jim Harrison reads his poem "Calendars," which explores the passage of time.

Weekly Poem: 'Re: Happiness, in pursuit thereof'

C.D. Wright has published 13 collections of poetry and prose. "Re: Happiness, in pursuit thereof" is taken from her most recent book, "Rising, Falling, Hovering" (Copper Canyon, 2008), which in June won Canada's Griffin Poetry Prize.

Kernis Takes On Ibn Gabirol in 'Meditations'

What do you get when you pair an 11th century Spanish poet with a modern American composer? Last week, the audience at the Seattle Symphony found out at the world premiere of Aaron Jay Kernis' "Symphony of Meditations."…

Weekly Poem: 'Myth'

Natasha Trethewey won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 2007 for her book, "Native Guard," written about her mother and black Civil War soldiers on the Mississippi coast.

Weekly Poem: 'Graffiti'

Javairia Henry recently graduated from Cardozo High School in Washington, D.C. Her poem, "Graffiti," is taken from "The Way We See It: Complete Coverage of the Nation's Capital From the Inside Out."…

Weekly Poem: From 'Fundamentals of Esperanto'

Weekly Poem: 'Luminous Great Mass'

"Luminous Great Mass" is from Peter O'Leary's collection, "Watchfulness" (Spuyten Duyvil, 2001). The poem is also included in the Poetry Foundation's Chicago Poetry Tour, a multimedia tour of poetry written in and about the city of Chicago.