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SUMMARY:David Lee- Poetry Reading
DESCRIPTION:Since the publication of his first book of poems\, the Porcine Legacy (1974)\, David Lee has written poetry unlike any in American letters. His poems are informed by a background that is unique to the world of poetry: he has studied in the seminary for the ministry\, was a boxer and is a decorated Army veteran\, played semiprofessional baseball as the only white player to ever play for the Negro League Post Texas Blue Stars and was a knuckleball pitcher for the South Plains Texas League Hubbers\; he has raised hogs\, worked as a laborer in a cotton mill\, earned a Ph.D. with a specialty in the poetry of John Milton\, and recently retired as the Chairman of the Department of Language and Literature at Southern Utah University.David Lee was named Utah's first Poet Laureate\, and has been honored with grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities. He has received both the Mountains & Plains Booksellers Award in Poetry and the Western States Book Award in Poetry. The recipient of the Utah Governor's Award for lifetime achievement in the arts\, he has also been honored as one of Utah's top twelve writers of all time by the Utah Endowment for the Humanities.\nFor more information email: jennifer.s.brantley@uwrf.edu
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<div>Since the publication of his first book of poems\, the Porcine Legacy (1974)\, David Lee has written poetry unlike any in American letters. His poems are informed by a background that is unique to the world of poetry: he has studied in the seminary for the ministry\, was a boxer and is a decorated Army veteran\, played semiprofessional baseball as the only white player to ever play for the Negro League Post Texas Blue Stars and was a knuckleball pitcher for the South Plains Texas League Hubbers\; he has raised hogs\, worked as a laborer in a cotton mill\, earned a Ph.D. with a specialty in the poetry of John Milton\, and recently retired as the Chairman of the Department of Language and Literature at Southern Utah University.</div><p>David Lee was named Utah&rsquo\;s first Poet Laureate\, and has been honored with grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities. He has received both the Mountains &amp\; Plains Booksellers Award in Poetry and the Western States Book Award in Poetry. The recipient of the Utah Governor&rsquo\;s Award for lifetime achievement in the arts\, he has also been honored as one of Utah&rsquo\;s top twelve writers of all time by the Utah Endowment for the Humanities.<br />For more information email: jennifer.s.brantley@uwrf.edu</p>
LOCATION:Breezeway\, Davee Library (UW-River Falls Campus)
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DTSTAMP:20260511T190344Z
URL:https://tourism.rfchamber.com/events/details/david-lee-poetry-reading-09-25-2008-942
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