Variations on Herb by John B. Lee - [The boy is five, running for the farmhouse] (Brick Books) - Brick Books Poetry Map (sitios de interés)

In 2005 John B. Lee was named Poet Laureate of the City of Brantford in perpetuity. He was named Member of the President's Circle of McMaster University and his personal collection of Canadian Poetry was donated to the City Library where it is available for circulation under the title "The Poet Laureate Collection".

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 boy is five, running for the farmhouse] from Variations on Herb on Audioboo

Winston Collins/Descant Prize for the Best Canadian Poem 2013.

Review - Variations on Herb (Canadian Book Review Annual(1995))

John B. Lee is an honorary lifetime member of the Canadian Poetry Association

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