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Michael Lee
Michael Lee
Gallery of Michael Lee
300 NE 2nd Ave, Miami, FL 33132, United States
Miami Dade College where Michael Lee received his Associate of Arts degree.
Gallery of Michael Lee
285 Old Westport Rd, North Dartmouth, MA 02747, United States
The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth where Michael Lee received his Bachelor of Arts degree.
Gallery of Michael Lee
120 Boylston St, Boston, MA 02116, United States
Emerson College where Michael Lee received his Master of Fine Arts degree.
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300 NE 2nd Ave, Miami, FL 33132, United States
Miami Dade College where Michael Lee received his Associate of Arts degree.
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285 Old Westport Rd, North Dartmouth, MA 02747, United States
The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth where Michael Lee received his Bachelor of Arts degree.
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120 Boylston St, Boston, MA 02116, United States
Emerson College where Michael Lee received his Master of Fine Arts degree.
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Paradise Dance
(Paradise Dance is a story collection which includes such ...)
Paradise Dance is a story collection which includes such popular stories as Koza Nights, Another Wonder of the World, and others.
https://www.amazon.com/Paradise-Dance-Michael-Lee/dp/0967952069
2002
In an Elevator with Brigitte Bardot
(In an Elevator with Brigitte Bardot is an irresistible co...)
In an Elevator with Brigitte Bardot is an irresistible collection of personal essays in which Michael Lee's characteristic humor and compassionate insight revolve around the experience of daily life in Cape Cod. Framed by broad-interest essays that travel far-afield and far abroad, the appropriate center of these appreciations is a seasonal round informed by place. But Lee's sense of place is not provincial. He always finds the extraordinary in the ordinary.
https://www.amazon.com/Elevator-Brigitte-Bardot-Michael-Lee/dp/1877655503
2007
Michael Lee
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Michael Lee attended Miami Dade Junior College (now Miami Dade College) where he received an Associate of Arts degree in journalism. At the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree. Then he got a Master of Fine Arts degree in writing at Emerson College.
Career
Over the years, Michael Lee has seen the world through the eyes of a soldier and cook, a writer and fisherman, a deep-sea diver, and a teacher. From these different positions in life, he has gained a broad vision of life. It is from this vantage point that he is able to understand and write stories about a wide range of personalities - people from various walks of life. He has read his short stories to New England audiences and published some of his writing in a number of literary publications such as Miami Magazine, Cape Codder, Cape Cod Voice, Yale Review, Potpourri, Writer's Digest, Northeast Magazine, Boston Herald, Fantasy & Science Fiction Magazine, and others. It was not, however, until 2002 that he brought together some of his best works to create the collection Paradise Dance.
The stories in Paradise Dance are about the people of fictional Albright, Massachusetts, a mill town that has lost its focus. Time is all that the people of the town have left, and most of that time is spent in recalling the past. Lee's stories look deeply into what is left of the townspeople's lives. These people are quite ordinary, which makes them also universal. They are the backbone of the village: the mechanics, small business owners, teachers, waitresses, war vets, and local musicians. Their stories are set in the cemetery, the bars, the bedrooms, the golf course, and in the hospital. Their stories are imbued with themes of abandoned hope and lost illusions. Lee's writing focuses on the concerns of everyday people. The stories range from serious issues to those that flirt with comedy. Most of Lee's characters are men who are not afraid to admit their weaknesses. The stories are tough but the characters are sensitive.
In an Elevator with Brigitte Bardot (2007) is an irresistible collection of personal essays in which Michael Lee's characteristic humor and compassionate insight revolve around the experience of daily life in Cape Cod. Framed by broad-interest essays that travel far afield and far abroad, the appropriate center of these appreciations is a seasonal round informed by place. But Lee's sense of place is not provincial. He always finds the extraordinary in the ordinary, the universal in the local, narrow down so as to expand and open.
Achievements
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Michael Lee is known and recognized as the author of short stories and as a contributor to many publications. Lee's achievement in the book In an Elevator with Brigitte Bardot in the short essay form is as remarkable as his achievement in short fiction with his debut collection, Paradise Dance. These two books received a warm reception from readers and reviewers.
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In an Elevator with Brigitte Bardot
(In an Elevator with Brigitte Bardot is an irresistible co...)
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Paradise Dance
(Paradise Dance is a story collection which includes such ...)
2002
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In an Elevator with Brigitte Bardot
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Quotations: "Writing was one of the few things I was good at. I was terrible at most other things."
Personality
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"The more time you spend with Michael Lee, the more you like him." - Edward F. Maroney
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