Variations on Herb by John B. Lee - [At times I hated my grandfather, Herb Lee] (Brick Books) - Brick Books Poetry Map (sitios de interés)

John B. Lee lives and works in Port Dover, Ontario. Variations on Herb is the latest in a lengthening series of books that emanate from the south-western Ontario farm of John B. Lee's childhood.

The focus of Variations is Herb Lee, John B's grandfather (and an absolutely unforgettable curmudgeon) but the background of rural Ontario is also made palpable entirely without indulgent explanation. This grain, this rich vein that appears in book after book, may well be inexhaustible; the cumulative effect certainly has few parallels in Canadian writing.

Winner of the 1995 Milton Acorn Memorial People's Poetry Prize. He has received more than 60 prestigious international awards for poetry.

Cover art: Cover based upon a pencil drawing of author's grandfather Herbert Mercer Lee done by Simcoe artist Frank Woodcock

John B. Lee reads [At times I hated my grandfather, Herb Lee] from Variations on Herb on Audioboo

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Variations on Herb by John B. Lee (Canadian Materials (September 1994))

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