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Poet David Lee Discusses Pigs, People, and Paying Attention

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KSJD's Austin Cope spoke with Utah poet David Lee, who will be reading his poetry at the Cortez Public Library's Wordstock 2017 fundraiser. Lee was the State of Utah’s first Poet Laureate and has been nominated for a Pulitzer prize and the position of national poet laureate.

Austin Cope is a former Morning Edition host for KSJD and now produces work on a freelance basis for the station. He grew up in Cortez and hosted a show on KSJD when he was 10 years old. After graduating from Montezuma-Cortez High School in 2010, he lived in Belgium, Ohio, Spain, northern Wyoming, and Himachal Pradesh, India before returning to the Cortez area. He has a degree in Politics from Oberlin College in Ohio.
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