{"product_id":"the-theory-and-practice-of-rivers-9781556597138","title":"The Theory and Practice of Rivers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFilled with \"moving water\" and intuitive leaps, \u003cem\u003eThe Theory and Practice of Rivers\u003c\/em\u003e is an elegy for Harrison's sixteen-year-old niece.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Theory \u0026amp; Practice of Rivers \u003c\/em\u003eby Jim Harrison returns to print as a celebratory, stand-alone volume in this new edition. In her heartfelt and powerful introduction, Rebecca Solnit calls this collection both elegy (inspired by the death of Harrison's sixteen-year-old niece) and \"loose memoir\" (filled with thoughts that leap intuitively across subjects, recalling myriad experiences, places, and encounters). We see the past made real as images of a handwritten draft of the title poem invoke Harrison on the page. As \u003cem\u003eOutside \u003c\/em\u003emagazine puts it, \u003cem\u003eThe Theory \u0026amp; Practice of Rivers\u003c\/em\u003e is filled with \"moving water, the search for consolation and meaning in the sublime rightness of wild landscape.\" Anchored by a long poem sequence seated at its heart, this contemporary classic speaks to the rivers and cascades in all of us, the motion by which our lives are determined.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Copper Canyon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/20\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781556597138\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 104","brand":"Jim Harrison","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45211660222645,"sku":"9781556597138","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_40ffbf15-342f-4a31-870a-cbb9c0a8b887.jpg?v=1742913692","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-theory-and-practice-of-rivers-9781556597138","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}