Variations on Herb by John B. Lee - [The first time my mother, Irene, met grampa] (Brick Books) - Brick Books Poetry Map (sitios de interés)

Winner of the 1995 Milton Acorn Memorial People's Poetry Prize. John Busteed Lee (born 1951) is a Canadian author and poet who is presently Poet Laureate of Essex Country, Ontario. He has received more than 60 prestigious international awards for poetry.

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.

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 [The first time my mother, Irene, met grampa] from Variations on Herb on Audioboo

Book Marks - Variations on Herb</> by John B. Lee (Scene Magazine (October 1993))

A fascinating look at rural Ontario and a ‘phenomenal’ experience (London Free Press, Books Section (Saturday, Sept 18, 1993))

John B. Lee is an honorary life member of The Ontario Poetry Society.

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