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Elk River Books and Elk River Arts & Lectures will co-host the book launch celebration for Todd Goddard’s Devouring Time: Jim Harrison, a Writer’s Life, on Thursday, Nov. 6. Goddard will be in conversation with Harrison’s long-time poetry editor Joseph Bednarik. The free event will open at 6 pm for a reception with refreshments and light snacks, followed by the discussion and book signing at 7. Elk River Books is located at 122 S. 2nd St. in Livingston.For those who can’t attend in person, the event will live-stream at YouTube.com/ElkRiverBooks.
Harrison, who divided his time between Livingston and southern Arizona, was “widely considered one of the finest voices of his generation. His twenty-one books of fiction and fourteen books of poetry influenced a generation of writers. Harrison helped to shape the course of contemporary American literature, revitalizing in particular the novella form, of which he was a recognized master.” He passed away at his writing desk in 2016.
Based on more than 100 original interviews and drawing upon Harrison’s collected papers, Devouring Time is the first and only literary biography of this renowned author, whose “playful, irreverent, and spiritual work continues to find and delight new readers.”
Colum McCann, internationally bestselling author of Apeirogon, notes, “Jim Harrison has landed in the hands of a worthy biographer. An absolute pleasure to read, Devouring Time resonates with me still.”
Goddard lives in Livingston, and is an associate professor of literary studies at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. He received his doctorate from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His work has been funded by the Mellon Foundation and a Bordin-Gillette Fellowship from the University of Michigan.
Bednarik was co-publisher of Copper Canyon Press, which published the bulk of Harrison’s poetry collections. Before retiring in 2024, he spearheaded The Heart’s Work: Jim Harrison’s Poetic Legacy, a multi-year project to celebrate Harrison with special reprints of key books, limited broadsides and the epic publication of Jim Harrison: Complete Poems.
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Elk River Books, 124 S 2nd St, Livingston, MT 59047, United States
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