John B. Lee

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name = John B. Lee


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birth_date = 1951
birth_place = Highgate, Ontario, Canada
nationality = Canadian
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John Baker Lee (born 1951) is a Canadian author and poet who is presently Poet Laureate of Brantford, Ontario. He has received more than 60 prestigious international awards for poetry.

Biography

Early life

Born in Southwestern Ontario, Lee was raised on a farm near the village of Highgate. He went to Ridgetown Distrtict High School, where he wrote some of his poems. He attended the University of Western Ontario where he received a B.A. in English, and a B.Ed. and M.A. in teaching English.

Career

Lee is the author of thirty published books and ten published chapbooks. A popular performer of children's poems and songs, he has been a writer-in-residence at the University of Windsor, Kitchener Public Library, and Hillfield Strathallen private school. Lee has also been a at University of Western Ontario, University of Windsor, Canador College, and a guest speaker at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa, and many universities throughout Canada and the United States.

Lee is the recipient of the following awards:
* Twice Winner of The People's Poetry Award;
* Twice recipient of the Canadian Literary Award (CBC Radio);
* Twice Winner of the Eric Hill Award of Excellence in Poetry (2004 and 2005); and
* Recipient of over 60 prestigious international awards for poetry.

He is also an honorary life member of the following associations:
* Canadian Poetry Association;
* The Ontario Poetry Society.

Publications

* "Poems Only A Dog Could Love", Applegarth Follies, 1976
* "Love Among the Tombstones", Dogwood Press, 1980
* "Fossils of the Twentieth Century", Vesta Publications, 1983
* "Hired Hands, Brick Books", 1986 (Runner Up for the People's Poetry Award)
* "Small Worlds", Vesta Publications, 1986
* "Rediscovered Sheep", Brick Books, 1989
* "The Bad Philosophy of Good Cows", Black Moss Press, 1989
* "The Pig Dance Dreams", Black Moss Press, 1991 (Winner of the People's Poetry Award)
* "The Hockey Player Sonnets", Penumbra Press, 1991
* "When Shaving Seems Like Suicide", Goose Lane Editions, 1991
* "Variations on Herb", Brick Books, 1993 (winner of the People's Poetry Award)
* "The Art of Walking Backwards", Black Moss Press, 1993
* "All the Cats Are Gone", Penumbra Press, 1993
* "These Are the Days of Dogs and Horses", Black Moss Press, 1994
* "The Beatles Landed Laughing in New York", Black Moss Press, 1995
* "Tongues of the Children", Black Moss Press, 1996 (winner of the Tilden Award for poetry, 1995)
* "Never Hand Me Anything if I Am Walking or Standing", Black Moss Press, 1997
* "Soldier's Heart", Black Moss Press, 1998
* "Stella's Journey", Black Moss Press, 1999
* "Don't Be So Persnickety: The Runaway Sneezing Poems, Songs and Riddles", of John B. Lee, Black Moss Press, 2000
* "The Half-Way Tree: Poems Selected and New", Black Moss Press, 2001
* "In the Terrible Weather of Guns", Mansfield Press, 2002
* "Totally Unused Heart", Black Moss Press, 2003
* "Poems for the Pornographer's Daughter", Black Moss Press, 2005
* "Godspeed", Black Moss Press, 2006
* "But Where Were the Horses of Evening", Serengeti Press, 2007
* "The Place That We Keep After Leaving", Black Moss Press, 2008

Chapbooks Broadsides and flyers

* "Broken Glass", League of Canadian Poets, 1983 (poetry flyer)
* "To Kill a White Dog", Brick Books, 1982 (chapbook)
* Broadside HMS Press (Toronto)
* "The Day Jane Fonda Came to Guelph", Plowman Press, 1989 (chapbook)
* "In a Language with No Word for Horses", Above/Ground Press, 1997
* "The Echo of Your Words Has Reached Me", Mekler and Deahl, 1998 (chapbook)
* "An Almost Silent Drumming: The South Africa Poems", Cranberry Tree Press, 2001
* "Though Their Joined Hearts Drummed Like Larks", Passion Among the Cacti Press, 2004
* "Thirty-Three Thousand Shades of Green", Leaf Press, fall 2004
* "The Bright Red Apples of the Dead", Pooka Press, 2004

Non-Fiction

* "What's In a Name?", Dogwood Press, 1994, 1998 (essay in chapbook form)
* "Head Heart Hands Health: A History of 4-H in Ontario", Comri Productions, 1995 (history)
* "Building Bicycles in the Dark: A Practical Guide to Writing", Black Moss Press, 2001
* "The Farm on the Hill He Calls Home: A Memoir", Black Moss Press, 2004

Editor

* "That Sign of Perfection: From Bandy Legs to Beer Legs — Poems and Stories on the Game of Hockey", Black Moss Press, 1995 (edited by John B. Lee)
* "Losers First: Poems and Stories on Game and Sport", Black Moss Press, 1999 (edited by John B. Lee)
* "I Want to Be the Poet of Your Kneecaps: Poems of Quirky Romance", Black Moss Press, 1999 (edited by John B. Lee)
* "Henry's Creature: Poems and Stories on the Automobile", Black Moss Press, 2000 (edited by Roger Bell and John B. Lee)
* "Following the Plough: Recovering the Rural — Poems and Stories on the Land", Black Moss Press, 2000 (edited by John B. Lee)
* "Smaller Than God: Words of Spiritual Longing", Black Moss Press, 2001 (edited by Brother Paul Quenon and John B. Lee)
* "Body Language: A Head-to-Toe Anthology", Black Moss Press, 2003

References

* [http://www.poets.ca/linktext/direct/lee.htm John B. Lee] at poets.ca