Dead Man's Float

"Harrison's poems succeed on the basis of an open heart and a still-ravenous appetite for life."—The Texas Observer

The title Dead Man's Float is inspired by a technique used by swimmers to conserve energy when exhausted, to rest up for the long swim to shore. In his fourteenth volume of poetry, Jim Harrison presents keen awareness of physical pains, delights in the natural world, and reflects on humanity's tentative place in a universe filled with ninety billion galaxies. By turns mournful ...