"Ron McFarland's poems are full of common and uncommon American voices. And their meaning s flash up from deep havens like hungry trout or fade into rich detail like a long fly ball in the centerfield twilight. these poems honor us all."--Robert Dana

Ron McFarland, Professor of English at the University of Idaho, will read from his work on from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. on March 19th in Peck Hall 318.

A native of Florida, McFarland grew up in Florida, and has lived and taught in Idaho since 1970, becoming the state's first Writer-in-Residence in 1984. His poetry has been collected in Stranger in Town: New and Selected Poems (2000) and in The Hemingway Poems (2001). He has written critical studies of David Wagoner, Norman MacLean, Tess Gallagher, and James Welch. Idaho State University Press will soon publish a collection of his Idaho fiction and non-fiction, Catching First Light.

His visit is sponsored by the Virginia Peck Trust Fund.