Rusty Barbed Wire:

poems hand-selected by the author from his previous works

David Lee:

attended seminary school

played semi-pro baseball

raised hogs

multiple fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities

winner of the Western States Book Award

winner of the Mountain and Plains States Booksellers Award

winner of a Critics Choice Award

winner of the Utah Book Awards

winner of the Elkhorn Poetry Prize

winner of the Evolutionary Poem of the Year

awarded Utah Governor’s Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts, Utah Governor’s Merit Award in the Humanities, and an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters

Runner-up for United States Poet Laureate, 2001