Pleasure and mortality are the twin themes of Harrison’s mammoth “Complete Poems,” spanning his career from his 1965 debut to his 2016 death. By Troy Jollimore Jim Harrison’s appetite was legendary.

Back in the mid-'70s, when my "office" was the Minneapolis Central Library, I noticed a novel on display — "Farmer," by Jim Harrison. I was attracted because the setting was Michigan, a rare novel of ...