The Theory and Practice of Rivers

Jim Harrison's The Theory & Practice of Riversreturns to print as a celebratory, stand-alone volume.

In her heartfelt and powerful introduction, Rebecca Solnit calls this collection both anelegy, inspired by the death of Harrison's teenage niece, and a "loose memoir" teemingwith thoughts and images that leap intuitively across subjects, recalling myriadexperiences, places, and encounters. A handwritten draft of the title poem, retrievedfrom Harrison's extensive literary archive, provides a rare and intimate window intohis surging creative process. As Outside magazine puts it, The Theory & Practice of Riversin all of us, the ceaseless motion by which our lives are determined.