Rusty Barbed Wire: Selected Poems -- David Lee

<p>David Lee is a major figure in American letters: the author of fifteen books of poetry, a celebrated teacher, a legendary reader in classrooms, bookstores, and taverns; and the first poet laureate of Utah. <b>His work is full of the most various qualities: soul-crushing tragedy, lyrical celebration, high comedy, storytelling ebullience</b>. <i>Rusty Barbed Wire: Selected Poems</i>, now with us at last, brings to the community of readers raw power and radical beauty. </p><br><br><b>Author:</b> David Lee<br><b>Publisher:</b> Samara Press<br><b>Published:</b> 04/05/2022<br><b>Pages:</b> 275<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Hardcover<br><b>Weight:</b> 1.35lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.10d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9781955140003<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br><p><b>David Lee</b> was Utah's first poet laureate; in 2001 he was finalist-runner up for United States Poet Laureate. He is the author of two dozen volumes of poetry, including <i>The Porcine Canticles, A Legacy of Shadows, So Quietly the Earth, Last Call, and Mine Tailings</i>. A former seminary student and semi-pro baseball player, and hog farmer. He has a PhD. with a concentration in John Milton and taught at Southern Utah University for over three decades where he received every teaching award given by the university including being named Professor of the Year on three occasions. His awards include multiple fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities, Western States Book