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John B. Lee has a firmly established reputation in Canada and a growing reputation in the U.S. where he was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Here's some facts about John:
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Virtual Albertan - Alberta Reads
John's work is witty, urbane, clever, but never obscure. His writing is almost always concerned with the lives of ordinary working folk. Have a look at the books that he has published!
John composes not only poetry, but music as well and presents them in the schools. Visit The Yea Spot to see the Birth of the Book, a collaborative educational project with Marlene Lacey.
Year 2000 - Visit to read his award-winning poem and more.....
Current Activities:
2006
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Recently won the Souwesto Writing Award sponsored by U of Windsor and Black Moss press, judged by GG winner Nino Ricci.
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winner of the second annual Eric Hill Award of Excellence in Poetry, The Honourary Life Member Award presented by the Canadian Poetry Association, and short-listed for the 2006 CBC Literary Award.
2005
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named Poet Laureate of Brantford, March 2005.
Several books in 2003:
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Totally Unused Heart (Black Moss Press, 2003)
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Mission of Angels—a series of poems on the French in southwestern Ontario in the early seventeenth century (2003)
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Body Language: a head-to-toe anthology (Black Moss Press, 2003)
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The Farm on the Hill He Calls Home—a coffee table book on the passing of the family farm
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Under the Weight of Heaven—a series of poems inspired by Gethsemanin monastery Roger Bell, Marty Gervais, Brother Paul Quenon and myself (about ten pages each)
2001 books:
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Building Bicycles in the Dark: a practical guide to writing (Black Moss Press, 2001)
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The Half-Way Tree: poems selected and new (Black Moss Press, 2001)
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Smaller Than God: words of spiritual longing (an anthology edited in collaboration with Brother Paul Quenon, a Trappist monk from Gethsemani, Kentucky) Black Moss Press, 2001
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An Almost Silent Drumming: the South Africa poems (Cranberry Tree Press, 2001)
