<DIV><P><I>Braided Creek </I>contains more than 300 poems exchanged in this longstanding correspondence. Wise, wry, and penetrating, the poems touch upon numerous subjects, from the natural world to the nature of time. Harrison and Kooser decided to remain silent over who wrote which poem, allowing their voices, ideas, and images to swirl and merge into this remarkable suite of lyrics.</P><P><I>Each time I go outside the world<BR>is different. This has happened <BR>all my life. <BR>*<BR>The moon put her hand<BR>over my mouth and told me<BR>to shut up and watch. <BR>*<BR>A nephew rubs the sore feet<BR>of his aunt, <BR>and the rope that lifts us all toward grace<BR>creaks on the pulley. <BR>*<BR>Under the storyteller&rsquo;s hat<BR>are many heads, all troubled.</I></P><P><B>Jim Harrison</B>, one of America&rsquo;s best-loved writers, is author of two dozen books of poetry, fiction, essays, food criticism, and memoir. He is best known for a collection of novellas, <I>Legends of the Fall</I>, and the epic novel <I>Dalva</I>. He lives in western Montana and southern Arizona. </P><P><b>Ted Kooser </b>is the author of eight collections of poetry and a prose memoir. His poetry appears regularly in <I>The Atlantic Monthly, The New Yorker, Poetry</I>, and <I>The Nation</I>. He lives in Nebraska.</P></DIV>