Name: A Legacy of Shadows: Selected Poems
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Author: David Lee

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Physical Book

Publisher

Copper Canyon Press

Author

David Lee

Year

1999

Language

English

Pages

300

Format

Paperback

Weight

1.45

ISBN

9781556590979

ISBN13

9781556590979

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Synopsis "A Legacy of Shadows: Selected Poems "

Bobby Joeif i should die before I wake...I don't know if I believed in ghostsbefore Bobby Joe Lee had his strokethat big man we called Bull lying thereall them years in that hospital roomwasn't nothing they could dobut wait and seeif he'd try to wake up or let it gohe was like a lightning-struck treedidn't even know it was gonealone in there, blind and lostuntil the next firestorm cometo finish him offThe PBS-TV documentary on David Lee was entitled "The Pig Poet," and according to The Denver Post that sobriquet didn't bother Utah's poet Laureate: "I've rarely in my life been without a pig." Pigs, and the gentle-hearted redneck roustabout John, feature prominently in Lee's narratives and are integral to what he calls his "aural agrarian saga." This saga, written over the past two decades, is also populated with some of the most authentically drawn characters since those of Mark Twain. Lee's small-town universe is frequented by tragedy and near-tragedy, and transcendence most often arrives in the form of salvaged humor, whether ironic, self-depricating, or ribald."David Lee's pig poems are the best thing to happen to animals in poetry since Kit Smart's cat.'-Thomas McGrath"Lee's calculatedly simple narratives are wonderfully wrought. His is a welcome voice, neither academic nor urban."-BooklistAlso available by David LeeDavid Lee: A Listener's Guide Reading from: A Legacy of Shadows and News from Down to the CaféAudio CD $12.00, 1-55659-137-3.

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