"Jim Harrison At the Wallace Stegner Center" (2005)

This is a complete presentation by the late, great Montana author, Jim Harrison, at the 10th anniversary of the Wallace Stegner Center at the University of Utah, with introductions by Page Stegner & Robert Keiter, founding Director of the center.
Recorded by Dru Carr for High Plains Films.
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[@jamesdowling3277]

I met Jim while fishing an unnamed river in the eastern u.p. He said to me what the hell are you doing here. I said fishing. He said what’s hatching? There was a beautiful Hendrickson hatch coming off. We caught and released many brookies. We were sanctified in this experience.

[@keywestjj]

I believe he was the best author of the last 50 years ....

[@lgomezwilson9851]

Agreed

[@sarahturner8678]

I wish that we had recordings of him reading all of his poetry, but every time I read some, I can hear is voice in my head, thank you Jim Harrison!

[@ronzbronz6043]

"Wolf" was my introduction to Jim Harrison. I've now read & reread most, if not all of his work...Thank-you Sir!! You are missed Greatly!!

[@SakariHapponen]

I read Wolf last summer. I will read all his work's in order. Next up Good Day To Die. There's so many, I only hope I will have time to them all.

[@stephenlindow4421]

His poetry and prose are essential in my life

[@bodhimedia1]

I miss Jim. RIP Brown Dog.

[@tgmolitor6215]

The moment I discovered Jim Harrison's writing I forgot every book I ever read by Hemingway.

[@amarsalmi7239]

Jim is very very BIG. I read 7 books of Jim in French

This was wonderful!! Thank you for this share. Jim is a cultural gem and he reminds me of so many I knew earlier in life. Actually, he's not all that older than I am today, but like many of our cherished writers and thinkers, he was one who was outside of time. Again, thanks! I'm so glad you shared this event here. And... thank you Jim! You are missed.

[@EllenONeal-mk3jo]

Thank you for sharing this generous gift, a lovely discovery on a quiet evening.

[@jeremyjacobite7630]

What a legend.

[@djdollase]

This is one of the first videos I’ve seen of Jim Harrison. Not only a great rider, but would’ve been a hell of a hang out, buddy. No wonder all those writers like to do that.

[@recoverybeer8165]

I was introduced to Jim Harrison by some kid at a dive bar in Prescott Arizona.

[@brasero20000]

Steven Bolde what’s your favorite book?

[@SakariHapponen]

That's probably a great story! What happened?

[@jerryvincent8402]

I love to read. If a person hasn’t read books by Jim Harrison they have miss a lot in life!!!🇺🇸

[@ericklemus4703]

which books should I start with

[@gentlefoo]

Absolutely beautiful! Thank you.

[@ryanmullaney9791]

I've been listening to The Road Home, and I absolutely love it.

[@josephacevedo616]

WOW, this just made my Day, Thank you for posting

[@ramramramram]

Thank you so much for posting this!!!

[@recoverybeer8165]

He's a poet with crisp human ideas, not an academic.

[@sarahturner8678]

crisp human ideas = the truth

[@billhensel7418]

Perhaps it was fly fishing that opened a narrow door into a grand valley of reading and where I found Mr. Harrison's writing . In doing so, my life was made better in that I was able to except my True Nature.

[@atelierdebelem4827]

Thanks. It's a delice to listen.

[@happymaskedguy1943]

My first introduction to Jim Harrison is the lovely Essential Poems by Copper Canyon Press. Poetry seems to come so naturally to him.

[@michaelreilly2403]

Harrison a must read and genuine entry representative for the Time Capsule !!

[@jamesmatsie4673]

❤

[@GeorgeGonzalezHere]

So inspiring! He kinda’ sounds like Ernest sometimes, and is even wearing a vest like him.

[@milesknightestrada3286]

5:32: Skip the bull.

[@BlantonDelbert]

Read "Wolf" 30 years ago. Just reread "Wolf." Amazing stories. Harrison's writing is not as polished as Kerouac's, but Harrison's writing has more depth than Kerouac's. At the end of "Wolf," Harrison mentions Kerouac and "On the Road." Those two travelled similar paths across America but Harrison's travelling was about 20 years after Kerouac's travelling. Harrison's descriptions of smoking pot and doing cocaine are priceless. I've smoked pot but never done any coke, but I know the experience of coke from Harrison's passage in "Wolf." Harrison's Michigan State friend and writer Tom McGuane is a piece-of-shit. I can't stand McGuane's fluffy supercilious prose. McGuane reads like the speech of some pompous asshole from the country club. Also, while I'm dissing-on some writers, D.H. Lawrence is also a piece-of-shit. I could only read four or five pages of Lawrence's "Women in Love" before I was about to puke. That novel is total bullshit. McGuane and Lawrence greatly overrated. Jim Harrison the real thing.

[@Bronsluv]

Crappy camera work.