Boulder Cliff Notes is excited to feature former Utah poet laureate David Lee. Born in west Texas, Lee is the author of numerous poetry collections. Lee has been a boxer, pig farmer, seminary student, cotton mill worker, and the only white baseball player for a Negro League team. He received a PhD in literature, with a concentration in the poetry of John Milton, from the University of Utah. The first poet laureate of Utah, Lee received the Utah Governor’s Award for lifetime achievement in the arts.