THE THEORY & PRACTICE OF RIVERS

Harrison, Jim; Illustrated by Russell Chatham

ISBN 10: 0916947068 / ISBN 13: 9780916947064

Published by Seattle, Winn Books, stated First Printing, tp states 1986, poems c. 1985 as per cp. [, 1986

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] Paperback, octavo, appx 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches, 64 total pages + cover, VG to VG+ in Very Near Fine dj (dj now in protective mylar). Hidden almost entirely behind front dj flap is owner name & date (last letter of last name is visible) + same owner's circular blind stamp top corner first interior page (illustrated half-title page). An attractive & entirely sound & beautiful copy otherwise. RWR5 Poems Poetry Literature.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE THEORY & PRACTICE OF RIVERS
• Publisher: Seattle, Winn Books, stated First Printing, tp states 1986, poems c. 1985 as per cp. [
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0916947068
• ISBN 13: 9780916947064
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

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The Theory and Practice of Rivers

Reviews

The long title sequence of Harrison's seventh poetry collection is a journey upward from tragedy and unconsciousness, a fitful amalgam of memory and myth, meditation and nightmare, lucidity and delirium. It's the life-passing-before-one's-eyes at the precipice of death rendered in tranquility. In "trying to become alert enough to live," the narrator sinks and surfaces, clutching at vivid bits of psychic debris that collectively define "the longest journey taken in a split second." Harrison combines the rustic, the portentous, and the wry ("I had forgotten what it was I liked/ about life. I hear if you own a chimpanzee/ they cease at a point to be funny") with mixed but often penetrating results. Spare, idiographic illustrations by Russell Chatham complement the poems. Fred Muratori, Cornell Univ. Lib.
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