My Town

by David Lee and David Lee

Book Overview

Winner, 1995 Western States Book Award. Peopled with some of the most authentically drawn characterizations of rural life since Mark Twain, Lee's is a small town universe--"an aural agrarian saga,"--is filled with hilarity, love, labor, tragicomedy, and compassionate wisdom. "It's a speech full of eloquence, pathos, and humor, full of music, full of good sense. I could read it all week."--Hayden Carruth

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1556590741
• ISBN13: 9781556590740
• Release Date: August 1995
• Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

david lee creates yet another masterpiece

David Lee creates, through his stories of small town dwellers, a quilt of stories that embody everything from death to relationships. The true beauty of this collection of characters extends well beyond the scope of "My Town" and into the heart and lives of us all. In "My Town", like in it's predecessors , "Day's Work" and "Porcine Canticles", the "pig poet" and poet-laureate of the State of Utah creates a delicate world of humanity. (I had the tremendous opportunity to study under David Lee in college and I am admittedly a bit biased...)