Remembering writer, MSU alumnus Jim Harrison

Iconic writer Jim Harrison, who attended MSU in the 1960s, died March 26 at his home in Arizona. He was 78.

Some of Harrison’s notable works include “Legends of the Fall” and “Wolf: A False Memoir."

In the 2015 MSU Alumni Magazine feature, “The Grace and Grit of Jim Harrison,” Harrison talked of the people and places that influenced his life and writing – particularly Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, which had a kind of solitude he enjoyed. And even though MSU was a big place, he said he appreciated the people at the university, saying, “They had some good faculty, that’s all I cared about.”

During his time at MSU, he also was known to read along the Red Cedar River while visiting the W.J. Beal Botanical Garden.

To commemorate his life and legacy, MSUToday has rounded up some of the tributes and reflections of the literary giant.