Jim Harrison is the author of such novels as Legends of the Fall and Wolf, as well as eight books of poetry, including The Theory and Practice of Rivers. After Ikkyu is the first collection of Harrison's poems that are directly inspired by his many years of Zen practice.
Jim Harrison's popular novels represent only part of his literary output--he has also been widely acclaimed for the "renegade genius" of his powerful, expressive verse, collected in several books such as The Theory and Practice of Rivers and Other Poems (Clark City Press, 1989). After Ikkyu is the first collection of Harrison's poems that are directly inspired by his many years of Zen practice.